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» Okay, the Dayton City Commission meeting
will now come to order. Would you all

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please rise for the invocation and
remain standing for the pledge of

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allegiance. This evening the invocation
will be given by Commissioner Fairchild.

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» And uh Commissioner Joseph has a moment
of silence. For me to start,

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Commissioner?
>> Yes, please.

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» All right, thank you all. Uh
I'd like to take a moment for us to now

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to honor the life and memory of uh young
man Pierre DeMoss Bell.

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Uh we hold his family, his loved ones,
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» and the entire community, especially the
Haitian community in Springfield, in our

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thoughts during this painful time.
Uh with this moment of silence, uh we

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honor his dignity, his aspirations, and
his memory.

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Uh with uh just a moment of quiet
reflection, please. Thank you.

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Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner.
>> Thank you, Commissioner.

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» Thank you, Commissioner.
And uh for our prayer tonight, uh

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Wendell Berry passed yesterday, and
Wendell Berry was a Christian mystic, a

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farmer, an advocate for economic and
racial and social justice. And uh if

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you're not familiar with his writings
and his poetry, I encourage you

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to become familiar.
Um so, I have a poem for our prayer

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tonight from Wendell Berry.
It's entitled What We Need Is Here.

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Geese appear high over us, pass, and the
sky closes.

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Abandon, as in love or sleep, holds them
to their way.

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Clear in the ancient faith,
what we need is here.

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And we pray
not for new earth or heaven,

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but to be quiet in heart
and in eye clear.

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What we need is here.
Amen.

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» Amen.

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under [clears throat] God, indivisible,

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with liberty and justice for all.

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» All right, Ms. McClendon, may we please
have a roll call?

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» Mayor Turner-Sloss.
>> I.

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» Commissioner Joseph.
>> I.

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» Shaw.
>> I.

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» Fairchild.
>> I.

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» Beckham.
>> I.

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» May I have a motion to approve the
minutes of the August 26, 2026 meeting

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and there are some corrections that need
to be made.

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» So moved, Your Honor.
>> Uh

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second the motion.
>> It has been properly moved and seconded

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to approve the minutes of the August 26,
2026 meeting. All in favor, say I.

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» I.
>> I.

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» All opposed, say no. Any abstentions?
Ms. McClendon, are there any

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communications or petitions this
evening?

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» There are none, Your Honor.
>> Thank you.

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And this evening, we have a presentation
on the semi-annual IAA report. Uh Mr.

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Parlette, please proceed.

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» Yes.
Um yes, Mayor. This is

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uh as you mentioned, the report of the
independent accountability auditor. Um

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as you're aware, we have a contract with
Frost Brown Todd. Um

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and representative's here, uh I'm ready
to get going.

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» Good evening.
>> Good evening, Ms. Brown.

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» Thank you.
This is the second semi-annual report of

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the independent accountability auditor
for the for 2026 covering activities for

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the first half of 2026.

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So, in review, the duties of the
independent accountability auditor or

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the IAA are to review citizen-generated
complaints against the Dayton Police

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Department, to audit the investigation
process and the discipline process, to

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produce reports, and to recommend
changes to policy, procedure, and

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training.

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So, in review of the citizen-generated
complaints for the first half of the

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year, first I just want to take a second
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just identify the two different types of
citizen-generated complaints. First, you

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have complaint receipts, and those are
complaints that can be resolved

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immediately either to the satisfaction
of the complainant or it's something

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that it may be a complaint that was
actually against

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something another agency outside of
Dayton or the courts, or it could be a

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complaint from one citizen against
another citizen. So, it's not actually

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police misconduct, but we still record
those. And then you have the citizen

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complaints, and those are the complaints
that require an investigation.

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So, looking at the data from January 1st
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there were a total of 70 citizen
citizen complaints and complaint

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receipts,
and those are the originating incidents,

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but there can be additional allegations
stemming from one incident. So, we are

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going to focus on just the citizen
complaints, not the complaint receipts,

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and as you can see, there were 23
originating events and 60 specific

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alleged complaints. So, what that could
look like is from one event, there could

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be multiple officers that someone has a
complaint against, or could be different

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policy violations in the same event.

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So, comparing the first half of this
year to previous years, you can see

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there has been an increase in the number
of complaints received, but we're still

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in the average, so it's not a drastic
change. I also want to note that just

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because there is an increase in the
number of complaints received, it

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doesn't mean that there is an increase
in the in

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police misconduct. Um
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complaints have been found to be
unfounded or exonerated, which I'll

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explain in a minute.

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So, exonerated means that the act that
was alleged did happen, but it was

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lawful and proper. Um unfounded means
that there's no evidence that the act

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actually happened. Then, something can
be sustained when the act did happen or

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not sustained when there is not enough
evidence to prove or disprove that it

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occurred.

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So, looking at the data from the first
half of the year, as you can see, 55% of

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the complaints were found to be
unfounded, 23% were found to be

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exonerated, 17% were found to be
sustained, which is an increase in from

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the past few years.
On average, previously, it's like 10% or

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less. This is an increase, and I'll talk
about that in a minute. And then, 3%

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were determined to be not sustained, and
one investigation is still in progress.

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In review of the sustained citizen
complaints, there were 10 complaints

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originating from three different
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So, out of those three different
incidents, there were three officers

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that were involved. The first two
incidents

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it involved one officer,
um and it was two different complaints.

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The third incident, there were eight
different allegations for with each

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officer, and they were for discourtesy
and disrespect, uh missed court

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appearance, insubordination, performance
expectations, and exercising care while

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operating a vehicle.

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Looking at these three, um I did review
the investigations, and all the

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investigations did take place within 90
days in accordance with with policy.

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The officer that was involved in
incident one and incident two received

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oral reprimands for both incidents and
then the officers involved in incident

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three received written reprimands for
those for that incident and also were

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directed not to work together moving
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» [clears throat]
>> We also reviewed the unfounded citizen

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complaints to see if our conclusions
were the same.

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Um there were a total of 33 complaints
originating from three from 11 different

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events. Um and this involved 17
different officers and there were a

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variety of allegations.
In our review, 23 out of the 33

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complaints were determined to be
unfounded. Five of the complaints were

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determined to be exonerated and what we
what we've been finding is that

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sometimes when the investigations are
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the complaint that will come in will be
something like

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um an officer conducted an illegal
search of my vehicle. So they'll go

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through the investigation at the end the
conclusion says there's no evidence that

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there was an illegal search. So they
reach the conclusion that it's

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unfounded. But the way that we look at
it, we first see was there a search?

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Yes, there was a search. So that act did
occur. But was it lawful? Yes, it was

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lawful. So the officer would be
exonerated rather than the complaint

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being unfounded.
Um there were two complaints that were

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determined to be sustained and these
were discourtesy and disrespect

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complaints or rude a rudeness complaint.
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sustained. We didn't believe there was
enough evidence to make a determination

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on that one and then the last complaint
we couldn't review because we didn't

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have any evidence to look at.

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And lastly, reports or almost last. Um
so looking at our hours by activity,

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most of our time is spent um
invest auditing investigations,

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um preparing the semi-annual reports,
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we were also reviewing policies and
procedures, attending Community Appeals

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Board meetings, hearings. Um, we also
spent time in the field, so I

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participated in a ride-along. I also
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press briefing.
There was one critical incident reported

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to us in March. It was an
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And then looking at the investigation
timeline, as mentioned, um, it the

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policy requires investigations to, uh,
be complete within 90 days, and all the

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investigations were complete in under 90
days. There's one that's still in

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progress, but they're still within the
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And then policy review.
We decided to review the de-escalation

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policy. We were finding
there were there was a pattern coming up

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with discourtesy and disrespect
complaints, and we wanted to see if

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there was a way to address that through
the de-escalation policy. And so when we

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think about de-escalation, de-escalation
is conflict management strategies.

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Um, so what the big goal of
de-escalation is to reduce a threat and

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to obtain voluntary compliance. But
de-escalation is also helpful with

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building trust with who you're talking
to, with with stabilizing the emotions,

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and just getting to a a resolution more
efficiently.

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So in review of the current policy
statement, as you can see, it's written

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in a way that that combines
de-escalation with potentially violent

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encounters.
And so with our findings, we determined

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that it doesn't mention a broader use of
de-escalation tactics outside of

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potentially violent encounters. We also
identified that the de-escalation

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techniques and situ- situational
awareness considerations are listed

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under de-escalation options, which
suggests that it's optional to use these

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strategies. We also determined that the
policy provides minimal discussion of

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officer conduct that can escalate
situations. So, given that it's a

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de-escalation policy, it's focused on
de-escalation, but considering how

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escalation can cause a situation that
requires de-escalation is also

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important.
So, we propose to consider that the the

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need for effective conflict management
is not just limited to potentially

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violent situations. And an officer's
conduct may cause or increase the risk

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of confrontation or use of force if the
officer misses opportunities to use

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de-escalation strategies and if the
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escalates the situation.

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So, our recommendation is to revise the
policy in the policy statement to

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incorporate broader use of de-escalation
techniques, to revise the policy to

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address officer conduct that may
escalate situations, and to revise

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policy wording and organization to
clarify expectation. And our plan is to

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provide our findings and recommendations
and proposed revisions to the policy

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review committee for their input. Um we
recognize that this policy was crafted

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by the um police reform group, and we
just feel like this is an opportunity to

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take their work one step further.
Um and with that, that concludes our

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report. I'm happy to answer any
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» Thank you very much. Commissioners, any
questions or comments? Commissioner

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Beckham.
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first of all, thank you for this
comprehensive report. Um

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it's the first time I think the IAA
update has come before us, at least in

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in the time that I've been up here. So,
it's good to see this work uh being

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done.
Uh I I am curious.

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Um given the number of of sustained
complaints,

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um
could you speak a little bit more to

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what the the nature was of those? It did
sound like there was some patterns

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around
um just how the engagement with the

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citizen was going, but um
I'm curious if you can maybe speak to

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what the
uh key consistent consistency was in the

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sustained complaints.
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to do with an officer not appearing for
court. So, that was one incident.

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Um the third incident, that's the one
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Um the officers were spotlighting, so
they were shining their flashlight into

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a moving vehicle.
They were also told not to do that

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before, and they did it again.
I don't remember what the second one

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was, so.
>> All right, thank you for for that

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detail. The other thing I quickly say, I
was

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involved in the police reform work. I
was specifically on the use of force

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committee, so I recall
um having pretty lengthy discussions

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about de-escalation. So,
I appreciate the um recommendations

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along
uh in terms of building on that work.

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I'd be curious to know um
at what point the uh policy review

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committee would bring those final policy
changes forward.

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Is there is there a timeline that's been
set already, or is it still in the

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works?
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» Good evening, uh Chief Eric Henderson.
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» Good evening.
>> Good evening, Mayor, Commissioners, City

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Manager, Deputy City Manager, and Clerk.
Um so, our policy review committee meets

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once a month. So, um it's a very diverse
group um that meets within our

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department. Ms. Brown also joins those
conversation and provides input. So, I

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would say within the next 30 days, we
should be able to review. I don't know

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the last time they met
met, so I would say

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we can definitely supply that exact date
that we should have this work done, but

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we definitely um
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we still keep what was developed during
the police reform.

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If you don't If you recall, this was
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originally to be incorporated within
within the use of force policy. And one

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of the things that we saw is that this
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force incidents. We should be using
de-escalation tactics on every type of

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situation we encounter. So, I just think
we just need to do a better job in

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making sure that everyone understands
that that's the the process.

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So, does that answer the question?
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» Thanks.
Those are all my questions, Mayor.

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» Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner
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» Yeah, thank you for this report. It's
very helpful. I'm curious, what happens

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when
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um assessment differs from
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Standards Bureau that's making these
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cases where you looked at the cases and
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sustained."
Um but that's not what the Professional

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Standards Bureau had determined. What
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» So, we meet and and talk about it. It
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have been instances where I have met
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certain problem areas, and then we we
resolve it however it needs to be

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resolved.
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Would that then possibly
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it just going looking forward to how
they might do their work better in the

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future?
>> I think it depends. There hasn't been

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anything that has been
extreme, um but there have been

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instances of having certain officers go
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of corrective measure to address
whatever we found.

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» Thank you. And
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kind of shared my second comment, which
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training
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de-escalation went and [clears throat]
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use of force, but as Chief said
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broader. And so I think your
recommendations is in spirited with what

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the reform group was doing and getting
better language than I and and then

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training that's consistent with that
language will be helpful.

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Thank you.
>> Thank you, Commissioner Fairchild.

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Commissioner Shaw.
>> Yeah, thank you for this report. It is

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helpful to us to kind of understand the
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I was really just interested. So you
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Now I can't find it.
That there has been an uptick and

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I guess discourtesy or or
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» So we were seeing trends with the
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And so when you're reviewing the the
footage, you can see that there are some

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officers who do a very great job at
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speaking to people who are, you know,
heightened, it's I hear you, I

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understand, and they're bringing they're
calming the situation. But there are

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other officers who don't do that and
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But if there's no policy to address
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training or just letting people know do
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an expectation that we should be
speaking professionally all the time, we

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should be, you know, taking control of
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in those situations. You set the tone.
So making sure that those steps are

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taken so that
things can be resolved better and people

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feel respected in the process.
>> That makes sense to me.

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Um so, I'm interested in understanding
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do the troops kind of get informed that,
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kind of correcting that? Does that go to
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standards? How
>> We haven't really discussed that in

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detail. It's a good question.
>> So, I can tell this is information that

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we share. Um we share, you know, we
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of um allegations we've had and what
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has been issued. But, also part of the
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bureau is looking for trends in these
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training bureau to provide additional
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situations where there's just a specific
person that we might be having issues

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with. But, I do want to highlight the
vast majority of our folks are doing a

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great job on a day
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» day in day out basis. So, it's difficult
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time during some critical heightened
situations. So, um but we're also

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extremely young department. I I looked
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nearly half of our patrol officer rank
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So, um and then a lot of our supervisors
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supervisors. So, it's a constant
learning cycle and that's why I want to

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make sure that we're providing as much
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» Okay.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you. Thank you both.
>> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner

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Joseph.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh thank you for the

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support. This is excellent. Uh you all
know that I had a hand in writing this,

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so it's always exciting to hear your
reports. It's it's great to see it come

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alive. Uh
and I I have to say, uh Commissioner,

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your question about what happens when
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I was like, "Come on, answer it right.
Answer right. And it's just as we

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envisioned. You went, you talked to the
right people, um and if there were

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additional sanctions needed or changes
needed to be made, they were made. And

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that's the process that we really fought
to have included because too many times

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there wasn't a mechanism there to have
those things happen. The the review

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cycle wasn't there, the connection with
the right people wasn't there.

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Uh you're doing you're doing great. That
was that was wonderful and excellent

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question, Commissioner. I was going to
ask that one, too. But I have two other

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points I want to make. The first is, I'm
looking at the citizen-generated

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complaints over time chart you built.
And if you could add a column to each of

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those with uh number of originating
events, I think that's a key stat. If

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you could stick that in there cuz that
I'd like to see that trend. Um

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that would be great for the next time
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Um I had the same question that
Commissioner did. Um and uh

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I just wanted to acknowledge uh
Commissioner Beckham's and Commissioner

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Fairchild's comments on expanding the
use of de-escalation techniques. I think

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it's a great idea.
Uh and I look forward to the report

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back. So, thank you very much.
>> You're welcome.

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Thank you, uh Miss Brown. And I too want
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questions have already been asked. Uh
but I do want to pull on the thread of

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just a tad bit for uh from Commissioner
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that uh the staff um PD uh many of our
officers 5 years or less. So, with that,

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they would take 30 days for the policy,
if you will, to be updated, to be

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um revised, whatever have you, once it
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process.
The question that I have is, so once

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what what are the immediate, if you
will, solves to

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um the the trends that we are seeing
that Miss Brown has has noted in terms

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of the the lack of of courtesy and the
uptake, if you will, in the trends of

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the lack of courtesy and
professionalism. I hope we're not

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waiting, which I know we're not. We're
not waiting for that yearly report out,

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but is in fact
are there, I should say, training memos,

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what is in fact um informing the staff
uh leadership as well as uh the officers

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on the street, in the field, whatever
have you,

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that [snorts] there are uh and concerns
as it relates to the level of

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professionalism.
>> Yeah, so when this policy is revamped,

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that's going to get issued out and
that's pushed out through our uh

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learning management system, basically.
So, we're sharing that information. But,

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we're looking at um as you said, we have
roll call training, and then we can pull

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folks back in um
back to our academy to receive some

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additional training. But, in the
instances where discipline was rendered,

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those conversations have occurred, those
processes have occurred. But, one of the

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things that uh we did, um I think it was
early 2022, uh we completed what's

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called integrating communications and
tactics training, which is ICAT is what

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it's called. It's through Police
Executive Research Forum, and it's

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basically de-escalation, and it's
evidence-based and research-based. So,

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um there's been research that this
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incidents and helps with slowing
situations down. So, one of the things

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all of our new re- recruits receive that
training, our officers receive it when

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they go back to the academy, kind of
just um intertwined with some of our

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other training. But, one of the things
that we're looking at doing early next

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year is bringing the whole department
back and putting them through that

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entire um process through um that ICAT
training. So, I think that will help

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long term. But again, um
we see fluctuations, it depends on the

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situation, and and we want to make sure
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leading to some of these upticks also.
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So, it's not simultaneously worked,
right? You want to focus on those

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individuals, but you also want to take
set the tone throughout the

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organization, right? You just don't want
to You want to make sure before it even

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leads to any others that we're adopting
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that it is overall, uh, the sentiments
of the organization, right?

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» Yes, I mean, we have We have 40 training
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27 sergeants that are out in the field.
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day in and day out and having
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like any work environment with, you
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communication happening all the time
about best ways to handle situations,

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new techniques, and things like that.
So, it's ongoing. So, it's not just not

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one and done and there's no one touch
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audits, random audits of our videos. So,
we do 45 random audits a month of those

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videos. So, we're constantly looking at
stuff and those are random. Those are

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picked by calls for service cuz we want
to make sure officers are activating

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their body cameras and everything on
calls for service. So, it's picking that

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information out and making sure we're in
compliance with that, too. So, there's a

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number number of touch points.
>> Okay. Thank you, sir. I appreciate it.

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Um,
Ms. Brown, thank you very much for your

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report. I really appreciate the work and
the comprehensive, uh, review.

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Um, and thank you for for going into
details and providing the additional

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context and giving examples as to why
and how de-escalation can be, uh,

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um, best suited and and utilized through
the various situations. Mr. Pilot, Ms.

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Brown made a
recommendation some time ago. Do you

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know where we are on her initial
recommendation

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during the last review where, I believe,
and I'm paraphrasing, that we need to,

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um, perhaps have more of a user-friendly
process in terms of how,

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um,
how the public is in in fact lodging

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their concerns or their complaints. I
believe I have that right. Do I?

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» That was with um Mr. Moore. Um and we
did we did discuss that.

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» Okay.
>> Um oh, but you're talking about the

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Okay.
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» The um
the

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correspondence that complainants receive
um when they file a complaint uh

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» [clears throat]
>> specifically with the Appeals Board,

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what explaining to them what the process
is, what the Appeals Board can and

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cannot do.
>> My understanding was that the Mediation

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Center was doing that work.
>> Okay.

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» But we'll double-check.
>> Okay, I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank

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you, Ms. Brown. I really appreciate the
report. Thank you. Thank you.

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Ms. McClendon, are there any deletions
or let me ask first, excuse me,

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additions, deletions, or comments to the
calendar?

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» Yes, Your Honor.
I would like to request the addition of

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Resolution number 6951-26,
supporting the dedication of $1 million

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of associated general fund revenue to
fund and promote neighborhood

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development across the city.
>> You got it.

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» Thank you, Ms. McClendon. Mr. Parlett,
are there any additions, deletions, or

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comments to the calendar this evening?
>> Uh Your Honor, I have no additions or

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deletions. Uh just a couple of comments.
Uh we have several grant agreements uh

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that seek to distribute some of our
entitlement dollars to organizations

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doing some uh really important work in
our community.

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Um additionally, Resolution 6949-26
seeks to create the New Community

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Authority.
Uh and Resolution 6950

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provides some uh
some depth of um

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definition in terms of what parcels are
included in it.

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That's all I have, Your Honor.
>> Thank you, Mr. Parlett.

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Ms. McClendon, are there any citizens
that that are registered to speak this

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evening on calendar items?
>> Yes, Your honor. There are six citizens

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registered to speak on calendar items. I
would like to state there is a 3-minute

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time limit. As you address the
commission, we ask that you state your

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name and address for the record. At that
time, I will turn on the green light.

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When the green light comes on, you will
have 3 minutes to speak. After you have

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spoken 2 and 1/2 minutes, a yellow light
will come on and you will have 30

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seconds remaining to speak.
When the red light comes on, you'll be

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asked to cease your comments and to take
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To the audience in attendance, please be
mindful this is a business meeting and

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we kindly request that during this
portion of the meeting, you refrain from

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any hand clapping, finger snapping, and
conversation that would prevent the city

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commission from hearing the speakers'
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I call to the podium Talis Gage.

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Thank you, Mr. Gage. Sharon Screech.

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» Hello, Commissioner and Mr. Parlette.
Um

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Um my name is Sharon Screech. I live at
515 West Grand Avenue,

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Dayton, Ohio 45405.
And I'm here to speak about um

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uh

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uh
resolution 6949-26

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determining that the city of Dayton new
community authority and district will be

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conducive to the public safety and
convenience. But anyway,

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Good evening, Mayor and Commissioners.
Let's be clear about something. The name

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change from the City of Dayton Citywide
New Community Authority to simply the

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City of Dayton New Community Authority
speaks volumes because we already know

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it's not citywide.
Everyone in this room knows the

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conversation is primarily about downtown
Dayton.

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We're not talking about the
neighborhoods on the east side, the west

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side, or the other communities
throughout the city that have been

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dealing with blight, vacant properties,
deteriorating infrastructure, and

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limited city services for years. So,
let's stop pretending that this is

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something that equally benefits the
entire city. And let me be equally

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clear, the city of Dayton New Community
Authority is not wanted by everyone.

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Anything that adds another surcharge to
the cost of eating, shopping, or doing

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business downtown deserves deserves
serious scrutiny, especially when

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residents are already struggling with
the rising cost of living.

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Why is it always the residents who are
expected to carry the financial burden

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of decisions they didn't ask for?
And frankly, I have serious concerns

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about this commission's ability to make
a decision of this magnitude.

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Anyone who regularly attends these
meetings can see that this commission is

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divided. You're not always on one
accord. And when residents witness one

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commissioner openly disrespecting
another, it makes people question the

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level of trust they should place in this
body's decision-making. Quite honestly,

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I don't trust this commission to decide
what we're having for lunch today, let

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alone make a decision that could reach
into the pockets of Dayton residents.

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Let's put this into perspective. Imagine
Imagine you have $10 in your pocket. You

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normally spend $8.50 on lunch downtown.
You've budgeted for it. Then you get

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your bill and there's an additional $1
surcharge.

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To someone making hundreds of thousands
of dollars a year, a dollar may not mean

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much. But to city and But to a city
employee making 27,000

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$500 a year, or a parent trying to feed
their family, that dollar matters.

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When you're already deciding between
groceries, gas, utilities, rent, and

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putting food on the table, another
surcharge is not insignificant. It's

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another burden.
And that's what this commission needs to

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understand. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Ms. Creech.

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I call to the podium Alec Johnson.

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» That walk gets longer and longer.
I'm Alec Johnson. I live at 3206 Linden

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Avenue in the Hearthstone neighborhood
of Dayton. Greetings mayor,

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commissioners, and the greater Dayton
community.

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Imagine two Dayton residents who should
be able to help one another. A skilled

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construction worker whose hours are
uncertain and a homeowner with a leaking

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roof and an inefficient furnace. The
skill is here, the need is here, the

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money is being spent, but too often the
contract goes elsewhere, the profit

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leaves the region, and Dayton is left
with the same unmet need.

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That's why the proposed citywide new
community authority is such a profound

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wrong turn. I'm not opposed to
sidewalks, parks, the convention center,

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or downtown development, but this vote
would not merely approve a sidewalk. It

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would create a long-lived Chapter 349
power, a body with power to impose

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community development charges, issue
bonds, and operate through an initially

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00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:41,880
appointed board that includes developer
representatives.

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The official case centers on a $77
million 197-room hotel and promises

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citywide use later. Yet, the public
materials do not provide binding

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answers. Who ultimately pays if charges
are passed through? What enforceable

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labor standards apply? Who owns the
wealth and who absorbs the risk if the

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hotel underperforms?
When do residents gain meaningful power?

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Saying property owners opt in and the
city's full faith and credit is not

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pledged changes the risk, but not the
distribution. A charge voluntary for an

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owner can become a cost for workers,
tenants, and customers.

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Debt outside the general fund can still
organize public choices around creditor

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claims.
The NCA turns private development into a

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00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:24,800
public institution without turning the
resulting wealth into public or

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community wealth.
It's the old attraction strategy in a

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00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:34,280
new legal wrapper, subsidize a prod
project, hope benefits trickle outward,

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and postpone democracy until later.
There is a much better approach, the

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Miami Valley Community Wealth
Initiative. It starts by mapping what

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the city and anchor institutions buy
outside the region, identifying what we

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can responsibly produce here, and
connecting that demand to local

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suppliers, worker cooperatives,
community land ownership, training, and

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accountable procurement. This is
selective import and placement, not

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isolation. Instead of hoping one hotel
radiates prosperity, we build rooted

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enterprises whose jobs, ownership, and
surplus stay in the Miami Valley.

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I ask you to vote no on the citywide
NCA, and instead ask this commission to

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place on a future agenda a resolution
that supports the Miami Valley Community

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Wealth Initiative, and establishes a
formal pathway to city cooperation with

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its independent community-led research
and planning. Bring the roofer, the

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homeowner, and Dayton's purchasing power
into the same economic system. And in

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conclusion, I say again and again and
again, let public power and public

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policy produce public wealth. Let's keep
the wealth we create. Thank you.

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» Thank you, Mr. Johnson.
I call to the podium Lynn Lamance.

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» Hi, Lynn Lamance, 1061 Birch Run Avenue.
>> Good evening.

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Good evening. Um, I am also speaking in
opposition

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of the NCA.
Um, first off, as it was said in

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previous meetings, uh,
you know, we we don't believe in

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trickle-down economics.
Um, there is also several areas of the

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city that have neglected business
districts that do not have

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they don't have the money that the
downtown gets, nor this, uh,

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nor TIFs, nor anything. North Main
Street businesses, Gettysburg

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businesses, West Third Street,
you know, past the historic area of like

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you're going to Drexel.
I mean, these business districts look

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00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:41,440
like an abomination
and get no help.

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And [snorts]
then the next thing,

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yeah, the the neighborhoods that were
mentioned before

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in Columbus and then Over-the-Rhine, now
Over-the-Rhine in Cincinnati. Those are

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gentrified areas.
And so I need that to be recognized.

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There has to be another tool in the
toolbox besides gentrification

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or historic districts that save
everything. And then again, I had spoke

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before regarding the board of the NCA.
We had passed

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a
a tax

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initiative. Citizens voted for this for
a public hospital.

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Again, everything moving forward with
the NCA and the board,

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we have not heard much regarding the
public hospital.

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And I just received a report.
It's actually on the Dayton Children's

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website, but it's the Community Health
Needs Assessment dated 2026 to 2029

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and it clearly shows maternity
I'm sorry, disparities in maternity for

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black women and
giving birth. This has been documented

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several times.
Um

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I mean, it's documented. The Ohio Public
Health has it. Montgomery County Public

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Health Board has it, which Verletta
Jackson sits on the board of that.

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The
the Dayton Foundation has mentioned it.

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00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:20,960
Also, I have a article
from a Jasmine Young that is actually my

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citywide worker for my neighborhood, but
also sits on the minority health board

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of the public health, which also
um clearly talks about maternity health.

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It's It's mentioned everywhere from
state to local.

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Um and we're just looking for something
to actually be done with the public

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hospital in regards to maternity health
and a birthing center.

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Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Lemons.
>> I call to the podium Ebony Hastings.

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» [clears throat]

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» Lord, have mercy.

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Good evening. Ebony Hastings, 1238
Wabash Avenue.

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Luke chapter 16, verse 10. Whoever can
be trusted with very little can also be

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trusted with much. Whoever is dishonest
with very little will also be dishonest

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00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:33,680
with much. What it means is if the city
is careless with small amounts,

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can we trust it with millions?

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I read this agenda, all 523 pages.
It is released 48 hours

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and it is written in legalese.
Written for attorneys, not us.

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My point tonight is not that we are
looking at it. First, the contracts. The

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00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:57,880
commission says the contracts are
published good, but published is not the

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00:39:55,040 --> 00:40:01,920
same as audited. Has anyone done a
forensic audit of the 223 contracts

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signed under the city manager's
authority? Has anyone counted how many

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00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:11,120
more have been awarded since? Can we see
the list?

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00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:15,240
But we We have seen the list, but we
have not seen the real check.

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That matters because you tell us there
is a multi-million dollar gap in our

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budget, and at the same time the city
manager can sign contracts under $50,000

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with no vote and no oversight. $50,000
check signed alone while we are told the

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money is short doesn't make sense.
Second, the housing trust fund. The

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commission just passed a resolution
about health care and snap benefits in

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formal resolution 1017-26.
Good words but no teeth. I want Dayton

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to have the same energy for a housing
trust fund. The Dayton Tenants Union has

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already asked for one. Nearly half of
Dayton renters are rent burdened.

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00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:58,800
It costs less to keep a family
to stay in their home up front before

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they become homeless than to pay on the
back end after they have been displaced.

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Start a housing trust fund. It is
cheaper than the alternative and it is

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the right thing to do. Third, our police
cars. The police have the biggest share

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00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:17,240
of the city's cars, 250 out of 612.
Officers drive like the rules do not

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00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:21,360
apply. Lights and sirens for a U-turn,
red lights, speed bumps at full speed,

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the wrong way down a one-way street,
driving close behind residents. It feels

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00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:30,720
like we are being hunted in our own
neighborhoods. Every cruiser they wear

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out and wreck. Every cruiser that they
wear out and wreck is a new car we the

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00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:39,000
citizens pay for.
When a car is replaced, do you sell it,

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00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:42,960
put the money back, or give it to a
family that's in need? I want a public

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00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:48,040
list of police cars purchased and
consequences when officers have used

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00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:52,680
them. Fourth, Zen City. It reads what
people post on Facebook and X and a

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00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:57,000
computer judges how we feel about the
city. It is based in Tel Aviv, Israel,

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00:41:55,000 --> 00:42:01,280
across the ocean working for Dayton
since 2018.

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Is the city still paying for this? How
much? What do they do with what we say?

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Show us the full contract. And then the
daybreak numbers are incorrect. There's

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a $200
discrepancy in it. Sixth, the new

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community authority. Y'all know I
disagree and it doesn't make sense.

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Thank you.
>> Thank you, Ms. Hastings.

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I call to the podium Rodney Stark.

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» Rodney Stark, 4526 Alfred Drive, Dayton,
Ohio 45417.

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00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:47,080
Good evening, Mayor. Good evening,
Commissioners.

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Good evening, uh, Deputy City Manager,
Madam Clerk, and Ms. Jackson.

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First of all, I want to apologize. Thank
you, um, Commissioner Fred Chill for

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giving me a call. I can admit when I'm
wrong. He called me out. I like that. If

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00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:05,920
I say something wrong, I'mma say it say
it to you. He said that I did not

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00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:10,160
address the commission. I should keep
all comments to the commission and I

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00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:14,720
will do that tonight. All right? But I
stand wholeheartedly

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00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:20,120
uh, on my comments that I said. Also, I
want to thank Tony Crogher for meeting

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00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:25,400
with me uh, last week. I appreciate him
give explaining a couple of things to

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00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:30,880
me. I really appreciate that. Other than
that, I want to really talk about the

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NCA because it's at top of my mind.
Um, like I told you before, it's a Ponzi

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00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:41,280
scheme, okay? And why it it's legal,
right? But I look at it as a Ponzi

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00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:45,520
scheme because you're selling it
as it's going to do something for our

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00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:52,040
neighborhood. We already know that
there's a funding gap of $17 million,

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00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:55,760
right? We already, Mayor, you said last
week that we're already short $15

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00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:59,160
million.
So, we're talking about $32 million

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00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:01,600
already we're in the hole,
right?

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00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:05,000
Those neighborhoods are not going to see
a dime based on how the contract is

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00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:08,960
written. They're not going to see a dime
till everything is paid. Those bonds got

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00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:11,920
to be paid off. Everything's got to be
paid.

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00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:16,800
The neighborhood's not going to receive
a dime. All I'm asking you tonight is

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00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:19,960
say that. Just say we're not going to be
able to give you anything for the

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neighborhood until we take care of that
$77 million hotel.

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00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:29,360
That's all I need you to do. Be honest,
all right? Be honest brokers. Right?

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When we talk about that. Also, let's
talk about our neighborhood. You took

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all the ARPA money, spend all the
citizens acts for one thing. Take care

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of our neighborhoods and clean up our
neighborhoods with that money. What did

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00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:47,280
you do? Anytime you dipped into the pot
and you came up short with your budget,

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00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:51,360
you took the ARPA money to make it up.
It's in It's in the You got it posted

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00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:55,720
online. You took it and made made it up
with the with the money. You took $7.5

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00:44:54,560 --> 00:45:02,360
million
and gave it to UD and Premier Health.

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They got money.
But you leave all the trash piles in our

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neighborhood.
The burn piles in our neighborhood.

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The debris piles in our neighborhood.
How fair is that? You got $5 million

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over here on 34 Main Street that no
one's even in there. That's $5

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34 Main Street waiting for Mike Turner
and his task force to do something with.

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You see the discrepancy here?
Unemployment is out of control. 8% in

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00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:40,720
Dayton, Ohio. 11% for black folks that
live here. 35.4%

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00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:44,720
of people black folks in in the city of
Dayton are below the poverty line. We

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got more to talk about.
>> Thank you, Mr. Stark.

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That concludes speakers on calendar
items, Your Honor.

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» Thank you, Ms. McClendon. Commissioners,
are there any comments to the city

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manager's recommendations this evening?
Commissioner Beckam.

638
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:04,840
» Uh yes, Your Honor, just a few. I want
to um

639
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:08,440
lift up the organizations that are
recipients of our community development

640
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:11,200
block grants.
All of these organizations are doing

641
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:16,840
very
um safety net type of work in our city

642
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:20,760
from Daybreak to Homefull to YWCA, Miami
Valley Meals. So, I'm glad to see these

643
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:24,440
come forward. Um
Also, Mayor, I just want to thank you

644
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:27,360
for bringing the resolution forward in
in regards to the

645
00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:31,200
um
the funds that will be generated

646
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:36,760
generated
by the the funds that will be offset

647
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:39,640
through the generation of the NCA. So, I
appreciate it.

648
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:42,000
Those are my comments.
>> Thank you, Commissioner Beck. And

649
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:46,080
Commissioner Fairchild.
>> Yeah, and no, I just wanted to thank my

650
00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:48,680
you, Mayor, for bringing the
the

651
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:52,000
the resolution and colleagues for
working together.

652
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:56,040
The community hasn't been able to see
the resolution yet.

653
00:46:54,200 --> 00:47:00,840
It does several things. One of the
things it does is to

654
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:06,520
dedicate a million dollars
to the neighborhood development.

655
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:09,240
That million dollars is part of the
you know, we had these three

656
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:15,920
recommendations from the Greater
Downtown Dayton Fund Committee, which

657
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:22,680
Commissioner Shaw co-chaired. Um
and in there the recommendation is that

658
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:27,600
um particularly the remote TIF is
generating money that can be used for

659
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:31,200
downtown development, which creates the
opportunity to offset some of the

660
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:35,680
general funds to go into the
neighborhood. And so, um

661
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:41,360
this uh
resolution puts that kind of documents

662
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:45,520
that that we're going to do that.
Um it also

663
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:50,600
you know, we had a conversation around
how do we deal with our neighborhood

664
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:54,800
business corridors cuz we know that we
need to do work.

665
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:59,320
And as people have pointed out, the NCA
is not a tool that will particularly

666
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:04,000
help those neighborhood corridors. So,
we're asking the city manager and the

667
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:10,000
commission to work together to work on
some real strategies so that um we're

668
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:12,920
doing this in tandem. We're working to
improve downtown development and

669
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:17,440
neighborhood [clears throat]
development. And uh this resolution

670
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:23,360
um
documents that um

671
00:48:20,240 --> 00:48:27,120
that commitment to do that work. So,
colleagues and mayor, thank you for for

672
00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:29,720
the work.
>> Thank you, Commissioner Fairchild.

673
00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:32,480
Commissioner Shaw.
>> Yeah, thank you uh Commissioner

674
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:35,720
Fairchild and thank you, Mayor, for for
bringing this forward. Um this was a

675
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:39,240
good process. We worked through this
together and I think we came up with a

676
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:44,320
really good um
a good uh resolution here that uh we all

677
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:47,680
want to improve the neighborhoods. We
all want to press uh economic

678
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:52,160
development out into the the
neighborhoods. And I think this NCA tool

679
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:55,800
is going to go a long way to to um
strengthening that. So, just want to

680
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:58,720
thank you and and appreciate
>> Thank you, Commissioner Joseph.

681
00:48:57,440 --> 00:49:01,920
» Just want to add my thanks. I know it
wasn't always easy, but I appreciate

682
00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:07,120
your legwork and thank you, colleagues,
for working together to get this done.

683
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:12,720
» Thank you all. Uh again, sentiments are
the same. I also, too, want to thank the

684
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:17,880
community. Thank you for your voices.
Thank you for uh your advocacy. Know

685
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:22,920
that the neighborhoods are in fact
important to all of us. We want to

686
00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:25,960
uh make sure that that work is done uh
with a with a healthy balance in in

687
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:30,200
tandem.
Um as Commissioner Fairchild has

688
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:36,360
mentioned, um there's no one over the
other or and so with this resolution um

689
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:40,960
that we have before us, uh it it it
codifies that work. It allows us to be

690
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:46,400
able to move where we where the the work
is necessary. So, again, thank you to

691
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:50,720
the community. Thank you to uh Duer, uh
Dayton Unit for Human Rights, Dayton

692
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:55,840
Tenants Union, um to all of my
colleagues, and to the law department. I

693
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:59,280
really truly want to thank our law
department. They had a number of

694
00:49:57,800 --> 00:50:04,960
versions.
Um and I this was a great exercise for

695
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:08,440
us. And again, I I just sincerely want
to thank my colleagues for your

696
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:13,280
willingness.
Um we were able to to give and take, to

697
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:16,680
compromise, to have conversations.
Um and so I hope that this is the path

698
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:20,400
that we continue on and to making sure
that we're answering the call and

699
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:27,440
addressing the grievances. Um and really
pushing forward legislation that is um

700
00:50:24,200 --> 00:50:31,120
again can can really be um the tool
that's necessary to improve the quality

701
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:34,280
of life. So thank you to Mr. Davis, Ms.
Jackson.

702
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:38,240
Um and again, uh I really want to
highlight and uplift the work of our law

703
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:42,320
department cuz they were they were in
here doing the work until the to the

704
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:46,440
ninth hour. We got it done.
Um thank you to the

705
00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:51,320
residents and your comments. Um Ms.
Screech, thank you for for raising your

706
00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:55,000
your comments. Um and and you're right
in terms of the name change. There was a

707
00:50:53,040 --> 00:51:00,680
name change and Mr. Parlette, correct me
if I'm wrong, that was due to there was

708
00:50:58,240 --> 00:51:05,520
a lot of a confusion with the the use of
citywide and more so looking at the the

709
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:10,840
organization, the quasi form of
government citywide itself. So that's

710
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:13,360
why the name was changed. Please, if
there's any

711
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:17,640
» That is my understanding, Your Honor. Uh
confusion potentially with citywide

712
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:21,960
development corporation Yes. And the
phrase citywide within that. So that

713
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:24,400
that was some of the feedback we
received, so we amended that that

714
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,880
change.
>> Thank you, Mr. Parlette. And Ms.

715
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:32,400
Screech, thank you for raising that
point. Um Mr. Johnson, thank you for

716
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:36,920
your comments. Um you have provided us
with a proposed resolution. Thank you

717
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:40,080
very much. I will definitely take time
to read this. Some of my colleagues,

718
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:43,240
they were kind of flipping through and
going over it as well. So this is

719
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:48,080
something that we would definitely take
time to to review and and and digest to

720
00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:51,240
see if there is something that we could
um

721
00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:56,320
propose for consideration for commission
uh consideration. Ms. Lemons, thank you.

722
00:51:54,600 --> 00:52:00,880
Um Commissioner Fairchild has already
spoken to the the points in regards to

723
00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:05,440
what you raised with the corridors, and
there are some that don't necessarily

724
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:13,360
have the means or more so even an
interest for an NCA. Um that is why I

725
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:17,880
believe that this tool is, if you will,
a pilot to see if it will work. If it If

726
00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:21,840
it works, it works. If it doesn't, then
again, we know that we need to course

727
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:25,760
correct. We know that we need to pivot.
Um so this gives us an opportunity to do

728
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:29,240
so all the while having that resolution
to uh again to codify that the

729
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:32,200
commitment is there for the million
dollars in our neighborhood. So thank

730
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:36,000
you for the your advocacy and the work
that you're doing. Um in mention of the

731
00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:40,760
public hospital, we are having those
conversations as as noted. Um it has not

732
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:45,120
fallen on deaf ears. We're looking at
the clock. Um the work is being done um

733
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:49,040
from all of us as well as the
administration. We're just trying to

734
00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:53,920
figure out what is the best path forward
in understanding that there is a need to

735
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:56,840
communicate that to the public. So we
Again, there is more to come on that,

736
00:52:55,720 --> 00:52:59,920
and we will be providing that
information um for the public's

737
00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:05,120
awareness. So thank you for raising
those points. Uh Ms. Hastings, you

738
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:10,520
mentioned an audit. Uh we actually just
finalized the financial audit um

739
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:15,920
this early early part of this week. We
had a review um a number of um

740
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:21,160
contracts, a number of our financial
controls were in fact reviewed and

741
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:25,440
investigated. Um and so the final
report, I believe we should be receiving

742
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:30,080
that sometime I That's not my
necessarily my area, so I'll look to Ms.

743
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:35,240
Lofton um in terms of when that final
summary that we will receive from the

744
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:41,120
auditors. But the audit has been
conducted, um and that information is in

745
00:53:37,640 --> 00:53:45,560
fact noted and recorded on the city's
website. I believe it's under uh the

746
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:49,400
office of management and budget.
Finance, excuse me, finance. Thank you,

747
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:53,480
Ms. Lawton. Um so, that information is
available.

748
00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:59,560
Uh Mr. Stark, thank you. Uh you're
correct in terms of the $17 million

749
00:53:55,720 --> 00:54:04,840
deficit for the the hotel itself. We're
not carrying that burden.

750
00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:09,320
Um that is MCCFA, which is Montgomery
County Convention Facility Authority,

751
00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:14,640
which is completely separate from the
city of Dayton. Um note where our our

752
00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:18,520
obligations and our commitments are. Uh
yes, we want to see economic

753
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:23,000
development. We want to see
uh that we're addressing the charge, and

754
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:28,040
that is having a number of
uh rooms that are available so that we

755
00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:33,120
can attract and and potentially host
conferences, seminars,

756
00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:39,480
uh whatever the case may be to have that
large volume of uh of visitors into the

757
00:54:36,360 --> 00:54:44,880
into the Dayton area. Um but, I do know
that uh we don't have the capacity or

758
00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:49,920
the bandwidth, for that matter,
uh to to help fill that

759
00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:54,320
that deficit of that $17 million, nor
have we been asked to at this juncture.

760
00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:59,120
That's my understanding. In terms of the
neighborhood investment for ARPA

761
00:54:55,800 --> 00:55:02,720
dollars, if you take uh some time, if
you have an opportunity, I would

762
00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:07,760
encourage you to look at the city's
website on the dashboard. I was hoping

763
00:55:04,680 --> 00:55:12,320
that I had a copy. We generally received
during our quarterly

764
00:55:09,760 --> 00:55:18,680
uh finance review sessions, there is an
update that is provided to us from OMB

765
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:22,800
that highlights the progress of the use
of the ARPA dollars, the American Rescue

766
00:55:21,160 --> 00:55:28,280
Plan dollars.
There was actually $55 million

767
00:55:25,720 --> 00:55:33,200
out of the 138
uh million that was designated solely to

768
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:37,200
the neighborhoods. So, that include uh
demolition housing projects, curb and

769
00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:42,840
sidewalk, uh a number of areas,
different things. And so, the breakdown

770
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:48,600
on the dashboard is very uh informative,
and you can really see where in fact

771
00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:53,160
those dollars were um committed to, and
then who were the recipients of those

772
00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:59,120
dollars. Um so, I encourage you to take
a look at that. Um and I believe that's

773
00:55:55,920 --> 00:56:02,640
all the comments that I have. And so,
uh may I have a motion to approve the

774
00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:05,320
city manager's recommendations?
>> Your Honor, I move that we approve city

775
00:56:03,960 --> 00:56:08,640
manager's recommendations.
>> I second the motion.

776
00:56:06,240 --> 00:56:11,600
» Thank you, gentlemen. Excuse me.
Uh it's been properly moved and seconded

777
00:56:10,280 --> 00:56:17,320
to approve the city manager's
recommendations. All in favor, say I.

778
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:20,720
All opposed, say no. Any abstentions?
Legislation, Ms. McLendon.

779
00:56:21,080 --> 00:56:30,160
» First reading resolution number 6949-26,
determining that the city of Dayton New

780
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:34,160
Community Authority and District will be
conducive to the public safety,

781
00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:38,760
convenience, and welfare, and is
intended to result in the development of

782
00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:42,960
a new community, declaring the city of
Dayton New Community Authority to be

783
00:56:40,960 --> 00:56:47,800
organized as a body politic and
corporate, and defining the boundaries

784
00:56:45,240 --> 00:56:52,440
of the new community district.
First reading resolution number 6950-26,

785
00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:59,360
approving a consent to add certain
parcels of real property to the city of

786
00:56:56,840 --> 00:57:03,520
Dayton New Community Authority District
with the respect to the city of Dayton

787
00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:09,280
New Community Authority as a new
community authority established under

788
00:57:05,360 --> 00:57:16,240
Chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised Code.
And for the [snorts] added legislation,

789
00:57:11,720 --> 00:57:21,520
first reading resolution number 6951-26,
supporting the dedication of $1 million

790
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:25,360
of associated general fund revenue to
fund and promote neighborhood

791
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:29,120
development across the city. That
concludes legislation, Your Honor.

792
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:32,200
» Thank you, Ms. McLendon. Are there any
citizens that are registered to speak

793
00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:36,560
this evening?
>> Yes, Your Honor. There are 11 citizens

794
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:40,360
registered to speak. I would like to
state there is a 3-minute time limit. As

795
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:44,440
you address the commission, we ask that
you state your name and address for the

796
00:57:42,040 --> 00:57:48,920
record. At that time, I will turn on the
green light. When the green light comes

797
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:52,600
on, you will have 3 minutes to speak.
After you have spoken 2 and 1/2 minutes,

798
00:57:51,120 --> 00:57:56,600
a yellow light will come on and you will
have 30 seconds remaining to speak.

799
00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:59,760
When the red light comes on, you'll be
asked to cease your comments and to take

800
00:57:58,520 --> 00:58:03,480
your seat.
To the audience in attendance, please be

801
00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:07,320
mindful this is a business meeting and
we kindly request that during this

802
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:11,680
portion of the meeting, you refrain from
any hand clapping, finger snapping, and

803
00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:14,440
conversation that will prevent the city
commission from hearing the speakers'

804
00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:19,105
comments.
I call to the podium Talis Gage.

805
00:58:17,085 --> 00:58:19,105
» [snorts]

806
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:26,920
» Talis Gage, 1921
South Gettysburg.

807
00:58:26,040 --> 00:58:31,120
All right, so the first thing I want to
say is uh

808
00:58:29,120 --> 00:58:35,760
I got a idea.
My idea is simple, which is all of

809
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:39,680
y'all.
Why can't we pick a street? I done said

810
00:58:38,040 --> 00:58:44,600
this repeatedly.
We pick a street, we pick one house.

811
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:48,160
We see what that kid needs, what that
mother needs. If the father is there, we

812
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:53,240
see what he needs, too.
And I'm just we could use us right here.

813
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:59,040
We could be the sources that they use
for one small street, one street, one

814
00:58:55,520 --> 00:59:03,080
block, one community, one neighborhood.
And we got enough people who do

815
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:05,320
footwork. We got the street soldiers. We
got uh

816
00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:09,040
uh
Greg West's group, fellas with a future.

817
00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:13,200
We got people that can secure areas. So,
if we just locked in on one street

818
00:59:13,240 --> 00:59:18,600
and we make sure that this neighborhood
is safe and clean. Like, this could be

819
00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:21,840
the model and it could just be like a
centipede or a caterpillar. Like, it

820
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:25,480
could just keep on.
Why can't we do that with just y'all?

821
00:59:26,560 --> 00:59:30,920
Why can't I Like, can y'all get out
there with me or something? Like can

822
00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:33,320
y'all commit to that? I know you will
cuz you've been you've been out there

823
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:36,520
already. You put in the footwork. I
appreciate that.

824
00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:39,840
But um
that's all I wanted to say is that right

825
00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:43,840
there. But another thing I want to say
is

826
00:59:41,600 --> 00:59:46,360
this guy right here behind me, man. How
come you ain't email me? How come you

827
00:59:45,120 --> 00:59:51,520
ain't call me?
It's been like 4 months and 5 months.

828
00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:53,760
And I ain't heard from you. I know I'm
supposed to address y'all, but I It's

829
00:59:53,160 --> 00:59:56,640
over with.
>> Thank you, Mr. Gage.

830
00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:59,920
» Okay, my bad. And another thing I want
to say was

831
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:06,240
you up in 2030.
You and you was up in 2028.

832
01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:09,560
I'm on y'all's head, though. And that
ain't no threat. It's a promise. I don't

833
01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:13,160
care what you write down and what you
think. I don't even care if y'all don't

834
01:00:11,160 --> 01:00:16,960
like me cuz I honestly don't know if I
really like y'all that much, neither.

835
01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:21,800
But when y'all's time when it's time for
y'all to be reelected

836
01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:25,680
I'mma do everything in my power.
Everything. We just need one of y'all

837
01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:30,000
one at a time. I'mma get rid of all
three of y'all if I got to do it myself.

838
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:33,920
Y'all stink.
Good to see you, Fairchild. Good to see

839
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:37,000
you, Shanice Turnestall. But the other
three of y'all

840
01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:41,480
I'm on y'all.
Y'all getting up out them seats.

841
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:47,880
I'mma get y'all out them seats myself.
>> Thank you, Mr. Gage.

842
01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:47,880
I call to the podium Sharon Screech.

843
01:00:52,080 --> 01:00:58,960
» Um I'm Sharon Screech. I live at 515
West Grand Avenue.

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Um the first thing I would like to say
is I would hope

845
01:01:01,360 --> 01:01:08,240
so that we can retire Ms. McClendon from
giving us the 3 minutes and get some

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01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:12,680
kind of timing dial. I see that in a lot
of other um

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01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:17,000
council meetings and all that type of
stuff where they have a time frame where

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01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:21,520
people can see when their time is almost
up rather than someone telling me. You

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01:01:19,240 --> 01:01:25,120
know, that helps with the
how fast I need to speak.

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01:01:23,520 --> 01:01:28,960
Um
So, uh people aren't numbers on a

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01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:32,480
spreadsheet. They are parents, they are
seniors, they are city employees, they

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01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:35,680
are working people, they are small
business owners, they are residents

853
01:01:33,840 --> 01:01:40,480
trying to survive in a city where
everything seems to cost more while many

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01:01:38,240 --> 01:01:44,160
people's wages aren't keeping pace. And
while we're talking about affordability,

855
01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:48,080
let's put the income disparity into
perspective.

856
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:52,280
A city manager earning hundreds of
thousands of dollars a year may not

857
01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:57,080
think twice about an additional dollar.
But what about the city of Dayton

858
01:01:53,640 --> 01:02:01,440
employee earning around 27,500
a year? What does this decision say to

859
01:01:59,400 --> 01:02:05,200
that employee? What does it say to the
resident living in one of our struggling

860
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:08,200
neighborhoods? What does it say to the
family trying to feed their children to

861
01:02:06,680 --> 01:02:12,320
keep the lights on?
It says that It says that the people

862
01:02:09,880 --> 01:02:15,640
making the decisions aren't listening.
It says that the concerns of

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01:02:14,080 --> 01:02:19,000
working-class residents aren't being
taken seriously.

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01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:22,640
And most importantly, it risks sending
the message that the people you were

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01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:25,520
elected to represent are not your
priority.

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01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:29,040
That's why I'm asking this commission to
stop and listen, not just to be the

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01:02:27,560 --> 01:02:34,360
developers,
not just to downtown interests, not just

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01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:39,088
to people with influence, but to the
residents who actually live here because

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Dayton does not begin and end downtown.
>> [music]

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01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:44,160
» We have neighborhoods throughout this
city that deserve investment. We have

871
01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:48,000
residents throughout this city who
deserve consideration. We have families

872
01:02:46,680 --> 01:02:51,040
throughout this city who are already
stretched to their limits. And they

873
01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:54,840
deserve to know that when this
commission makes a decision, you are

874
01:02:52,680 --> 01:02:59,000
thinking about them, too. So when
residents walk into the voting booth, I

875
01:02:56,880 --> 01:03:03,000
hope they remember these conversations.
I hope they remember the promises that

876
01:03:01,040 --> 01:03:06,960
were made. I hope they remember the
concerns they brought before this

877
01:03:04,640 --> 01:03:11,480
commission. And I hope they remember
whether they felt heard or whether they

878
01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:15,640
felt ignored because elected office
comes with responsibility. You work for

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01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:19,480
the people, and when the people
repeatedly tell you that something is

880
01:03:17,320 --> 01:03:23,360
hurting them, you have an obligation to
listen. You may have the authority to

881
01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:27,280
make these decisions, but the residents
have the authority to decide who gets to

882
01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:30,840
make them. So, before you move forward
with another surcharge, another

883
01:03:29,240 --> 01:03:34,920
authority, or another decision that
places additional financial pressure on

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01:03:33,040 --> 01:03:39,240
Dayton residents, I ask you to stop and
consider one simple question. Who is

885
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:43,120
this really serving, and who is being
asked to pay for it? Because the

886
01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:46,840
residents of Dayton deserve an answer,
and they deserve better than being told

887
01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:49,280
to simply accept the consequences of
decisions they never asked for. Thank

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01:03:48,760 --> 01:03:54,400
you.
>> Thank you, Ms. Creech.

889
01:03:51,400 --> 01:03:57,080
I call to the podium Bishop Jerome
McCorry.

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01:04:03,160 --> 01:04:10,200
» Jerome McCorry, 1461 Cornell,
City of Dayton,

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01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:12,600
Your Honor.
>> Good evening.

892
01:04:10,800 --> 01:04:17,600
» Commissioners,
to the assistant manager, to each of

893
01:04:15,600 --> 01:04:21,400
you. I'm glad to be here. I want to
start with first of all a question, a

894
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:25,080
very simple question. Who ultimately
should be responsible for leading the

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01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:30,240
City of Dayton and accountable to the
people of Dayton? I believe it's time

896
01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:34,000
for a strong mayoral form of government
in this city.

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01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:39,120
I know it requires a charter change, and
I'm not making an argument against

898
01:04:36,440 --> 01:04:43,480
professional management. Cities need
qualified administrators, department

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01:04:41,360 --> 01:04:48,560
heads, financial professionals, and
other experts. Management and

900
01:04:45,680 --> 01:04:53,480
leadership, however, are not the same
thing. A city is more than an

901
01:04:50,960 --> 01:04:58,680
organization to simply be managed. It's
a community of people with neighborhoods

902
01:04:55,840 --> 01:05:03,520
to strengthen, businesses to develop,
families to protect, young people to

903
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:09,200
prepare, and difficult social problems
to confront. When citizens are concerned

904
01:05:06,280 --> 01:05:14,240
about public safety, housing, economic
development, neighborhood deterioration,

905
01:05:11,840 --> 01:05:19,440
and city services, They should not have
to study an organizational chart in

906
01:05:17,560 --> 01:05:24,600
order to find out who they need to take
their problems to. Under a strong

907
01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:31,240
mayoral form of government, it's the
mayor. The people elect the mayor. The

908
01:05:28,640 --> 01:05:36,880
mayor is already given the authority to
lead and ultimately the people should be

909
01:05:33,840 --> 01:05:41,760
holding the mayor accountable at the
ballot box.

910
01:05:38,520 --> 01:05:46,680
That is democracy. That is
accountability.

911
01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:53,080
A strong mayor also gives a recognizable
voice and an advocate. When we compete

912
01:05:50,120 --> 01:05:58,200
for state and federal resources,
business development opportunities,

913
01:05:55,880 --> 01:06:03,320
philanthropic investment, regional
partnerships, our city deserves an

914
01:06:00,920 --> 01:06:08,960
executive who can speak with the
authority of a direct mandate from the

915
01:06:06,680 --> 01:06:14,080
people themselves.
This is especially important to

916
01:06:11,200 --> 01:06:19,320
residents who often feel like we do in
Dayton, disconnected from our city

917
01:06:16,600 --> 01:06:24,760
government, from our elected officials.
Citizens should be able to look at our

918
01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:31,640
mayor and our commissioners. We elected
you. We trusted you with leadership. Let

919
01:06:28,280 --> 01:06:36,560
others manage, you have to lead. What
are you going to do should be our

920
01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:42,240
question. The mayor should possess the
authority to answer that question with

921
01:06:39,680 --> 01:06:48,400
answer and the backing of the city
commission. Of course, strong mayoral

922
01:06:45,520 --> 01:06:54,200
leadership, strong commissioners must
include strong checks and balances. The

923
01:06:51,040 --> 01:06:59,440
commission must retain, must retain
meaningful legislative and budgetary

924
01:06:57,200 --> 01:07:02,840
oversight authority.
But the choice is not between

925
01:07:01,280 --> 01:07:11,160
professionalism
and democracy. We can have both. Chicago

926
01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:12,960
does it. Baltimore does it. Other cities
do it.

927
01:07:11,680 --> 01:07:17,240
» Your time is up. Thank you.
>> Professional

928
01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:21,560
leadership is what we're asking for and
the people want to hold elected

929
01:07:18,960 --> 01:07:25,160
officials accountable. It's time for a
charter change.

930
01:07:22,840 --> 01:07:29,320
» Thank you, Bishop McCorckle.
I call to the podium Alec Johnson.

931
01:07:33,186 --> 01:07:35,206
» [clears throat]

932
01:07:36,760 --> 01:07:43,440
» My name is Alec Johnson. I live at
Sorry, at 3206 Linden Avenue in the

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01:07:41,400 --> 01:07:47,200
Hearthstone neighborhood of Dayton.
Greetings again, Mayor, Commissioners,

934
01:07:45,640 --> 01:07:50,720
and the greater Dayton community. I have
to say it's going to be a tough act to

935
01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:54,920
follow the Bishop there, but I'm So, I'm
going to abbreviate my remarks some.

936
01:07:53,280 --> 01:07:59,440
The Democratic Socialists of America
program begins with a proposition.

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01:07:57,680 --> 01:08:03,720
Working people deserve more than
survival. We produce abundance, but

938
01:08:01,880 --> 01:08:07,640
capitalism organizes it around private
profit rather than human need. This

939
01:08:06,120 --> 01:08:11,200
contradiction enters city government
whenever public money strengthens

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01:08:09,440 --> 01:08:15,520
private accumulation without building
public capacity. As I've said before, no

941
01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:19,880
five elected officials can abolish
capitalism from this dais, but every

942
01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:23,920
contract, subsidy, land decision, and
development agreement answers a class

943
01:08:21,440 --> 01:08:26,880
question. Does public power make private
owners richer or does it expand the

944
01:08:25,759 --> 01:08:30,040
ability of working people and
neighborhoods to govern their own

945
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:33,120
economic future? The Miami Valley
Community Wealth Initiative offers

946
01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:37,080
Dayton a practical beginning. It
combines import replacement, cooperative

947
01:08:34,960 --> 01:08:41,000
enterprise, community land ownership,
workforce development, and democratic

948
01:08:38,880 --> 01:08:44,759
governance. Instead of asking only how
Dayton can attract outside capital, it

949
01:08:43,040 --> 01:08:48,440
asks what Dayton's people can own,
produce, and build together, and how the

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01:08:46,520 --> 01:08:51,120
wealth they create can remain here. I
want to thank you, Mayor, for

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01:08:49,480 --> 01:08:54,920
acknowledging the receipt of the draft
proposal of the Miami Valley Community

952
01:08:53,120 --> 01:08:58,720
Wealth Initiative that establishes a
formal pathway for city cooperation and

953
01:08:57,120 --> 01:09:01,480
its independent community-led research
and planning team.

954
01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:04,839
I believe you all have it in your packet
now. It's a combination of that proposal

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01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:09,200
and the initiative itself.
Supported as a new direction away from

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01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:13,400
dependence on mobile capital and toward
rooted institutions that workers and

957
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:17,080
communities can help own and govern.
We should ask of every major public

958
01:09:14,839 --> 01:09:19,720
decision, who pays, who benefits, who
governs?

959
01:09:18,240 --> 01:09:23,279
Dayton's future should not be something
done to working people by investors from

960
01:09:21,520 --> 01:09:26,839
somewhere else. It should be something
working people build together. And let

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01:09:25,279 --> 01:09:31,160
me repeat yet again the refrain I'll
never tire of declaring that public

962
01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:35,000
power and public policy must produce
public wealth. Thank you.

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01:09:33,120 --> 01:09:40,839
» Thank you, Mr. Johnson.
I call Excuse me. I call to the podium

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01:09:37,759 --> 01:09:40,839
Yousef Elzein.

965
01:09:48,120 --> 01:09:55,480
» Uh first, let me appreciate Commissioner
Fairchild for the moment of silence

966
01:09:53,480 --> 01:10:00,320
for the victim of our government's
tragedy. But I had it in my notes, but I

967
01:09:58,480 --> 01:10:04,120
was hoping that you'd do the same for
the Palestinian and the Lebanese people

968
01:10:02,320 --> 01:10:06,960
that are being killed with our tax
money.

969
01:10:05,480 --> 01:10:11,480
Good evening, Mayor, Commissioner. My
name is Yousef Elzein. Uh 4906 Amberwood

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01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:13,680
Drive.
>> Good evening.

971
01:10:12,080 --> 01:10:17,360
» Dayton, Ohio.
Um

972
01:10:15,440 --> 01:10:21,720
Recently, I just last weekend, I stood
with our neighbors

973
01:10:19,160 --> 01:10:24,760
at the Unshakeable Springfield rally
in solidarity with the Haitian

974
01:10:22,960 --> 01:10:30,800
community.
One of the speakers, Reverend Jackson,

975
01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:35,120
reminded us of Elie Wiesel's words,
"Hate is not the opposite of love.

976
01:10:33,240 --> 01:10:39,160
Indifference is."
I'm here tonight because our

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01:10:36,520 --> 01:10:43,640
administration has managed to weaponize
both.

978
01:10:40,600 --> 01:10:47,320
On Monday, Pierre Demasse Bell, 20 years
old,

979
01:10:44,880 --> 01:10:51,520
8 days into his freshman year
at Wright State,

980
01:10:49,040 --> 01:10:56,400
died while just a little bit after he
spoke to his dad. Imagine that's as one

981
01:10:54,360 --> 01:11:02,640
of your sons is that.
Only because our government put a

982
01:10:58,840 --> 01:11:09,640
shackle on his feet.
He was fitted with an ice ankle monitor

983
01:11:06,800 --> 01:11:13,480
and marked by a classmates for wearing
it.

984
01:11:10,480 --> 01:11:17,880
The monitor was never about safety. He's
a student for heaven's sakes.

985
01:11:15,720 --> 01:11:22,160
It was a modern shackle
that we all should be upset about

986
01:11:19,440 --> 01:11:28,000
including all our civil rights leaders
that are nowhere to be found these days.

987
01:11:25,840 --> 01:11:32,280
The shackle was meant to strip a young
man of his dignity

988
01:11:29,920 --> 01:11:34,680
for the crime of seeking an education
here.

989
01:11:36,080 --> 01:11:38,840
That is hate.

990
01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:47,120
And a system that lets 20-year-old carry
that shame alone until the only person

991
01:11:44,760 --> 01:11:54,280
left to call is his father from the side
of the highway, that's indifference.

992
01:11:50,760 --> 01:11:57,520
This is not only a a Springfield story.
Families in Lebanon

993
01:11:56,040 --> 01:12:04,560
and
Gaza are living under the continued

994
01:12:00,240 --> 01:12:08,880
Israeli occupation and murder.
Homes

995
01:12:05,840 --> 01:12:13,440
under rubble, families still displaced,
still blockaded with no one made to

996
01:12:11,440 --> 01:12:19,880
answer for it.
A shackle A shackled ankle in Ohio and a

997
01:12:16,720 --> 01:12:25,120
shattered home in South Lebanon or Gaza
come from the same root.

998
01:12:22,360 --> 01:12:32,600
A quiet decision
that some lives simply count for less.

999
01:12:29,240 --> 01:12:39,240
Elie Wiesel didn't warn us about hatred
alone. He warned us about the silence

1000
01:12:35,480 --> 01:12:44,720
that lets hatred do its
unopposed.

1001
01:12:41,400 --> 01:12:48,440
I just heard that recently. It's willful
silence.

1002
01:12:46,280 --> 01:12:54,160
When we took away from a grieving father
in Springfield, we are indifferent.

1003
01:12:51,480 --> 01:12:59,400
When we look away from buried families
in Lebanon or Gaza, we are indifferent.

1004
01:12:57,720 --> 01:13:04,320
So, I ask this commission and everyone
in this room, where is the conscience of

1005
01:13:01,640 --> 01:13:10,000
our community, of our nation, of our
world? We cannot call ourselves just

1006
01:13:07,640 --> 01:13:15,760
while we let human beings be shackled,
occupied, and buried in silence. Reject

1007
01:13:12,600 --> 01:13:19,280
indifference. Speak before another name
is added to this list. Thank you.

1008
01:13:17,720 --> 01:13:23,440
» Thank you, Mr. Al-Zain.
I call to the podium Lynn Lamance.

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01:13:33,280 --> 01:13:42,760
Hi, Lynn Lamance, 1061 Bertram Avenue. I
would first like to thank Mr. Fairchild

1010
01:13:38,920 --> 01:13:48,360
uh for clarifying when the numbers for
the downtown

1011
01:13:44,520 --> 01:13:54,120
employees include actual businesses such
as Grandview that lies outside of

1012
01:13:52,080 --> 01:14:00,440
uh of the downtown area.
Um and getting actual clarification on

1013
01:13:57,800 --> 01:14:06,120
uh businesses and employees of the
actual downtown area.

1014
01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:12,640
Um I would actually like to know there
has been a pause on the home repair loan

1015
01:14:08,600 --> 01:14:17,280
program, and I would like to know um
since you all are collecting our tax

1016
01:14:14,640 --> 01:14:21,440
dollars, where is that?
Um I also would like to know the people

1017
01:14:19,480 --> 01:14:27,720
on the boards, the various boards that
the city has. Um

1018
01:14:24,040 --> 01:14:32,520
I did ask uh Mr. Squire about it, but
specifically, how do people that do not

1019
01:14:30,440 --> 01:14:36,600
reside in the city of Dayton be on
boards? Specifically, the HRC board,

1020
01:14:34,920 --> 01:14:40,840
there's a person that resides in
Englewood, and no, he does not own any

1021
01:14:39,160 --> 01:14:44,680
city of Dayton property cuz I've already
looked that up.

1022
01:14:42,520 --> 01:14:51,160
Um I also would like to know regarding
this flight plan um if citizens go ahead

1023
01:14:47,680 --> 01:14:56,320
with that, are those going to also be
full of people that reside outside of

1024
01:14:53,840 --> 01:15:02,120
the downtown area or how many actual
citizens are going to be on that

1025
01:14:58,960 --> 01:15:07,640
um before I do commit to that, I would
like to thank Matt Joseph for being uh

1026
01:15:05,360 --> 01:15:09,880
here and being here for the entire
meeting

1027
01:15:09,200 --> 01:15:15,040
um
because there's been numerous absences

1028
01:15:12,160 --> 01:15:21,120
with, you know, no explanation.
Um, I also would like to know um

1029
01:15:18,280 --> 01:15:26,600
the Sierra Nevada contracts. Have those
all been properly bid out? And I mean

1030
01:15:23,480 --> 01:15:29,960
all of them that's ever been
approved.

1031
01:15:28,200 --> 01:15:37,160
Um, I also would like to know the
speaker regarding the police IAA.

1032
01:15:33,800 --> 01:15:41,720
Can citizens actually get not a copy of
the presentation, but the actual

1033
01:15:39,040 --> 01:15:46,240
summary? In other words, the actual
complaints and specifically what she

1034
01:15:44,600 --> 01:15:51,160
works on.
Um, for the example, um

1035
01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:56,840
you know, you you all get complaints
regarding police officers. Is that taken

1036
01:15:54,280 --> 01:16:01,920
into consideration showing patterns of
behavior? You know, the police collect

1037
01:15:59,720 --> 01:16:08,720
information on us showing patterns of
our behavior. Um, you know, speeding

1038
01:16:05,320 --> 01:16:14,280
tickets, whatever, DUIs, etc. But like
Joseph Sady, that I believe is still on

1039
01:16:11,320 --> 01:16:19,600
the police force, um those patterns,
where is that publicly put? Um,

1040
01:16:18,120 --> 01:16:24,200
because the officers that were
mentioned, for instance, uh regarding

1041
01:16:22,280 --> 01:16:28,960
Reginald Thomas, were not mentioned in
the police

1042
01:16:25,840 --> 01:16:32,960
or rather not mentioned in the media.
And when you try to pull a police

1043
01:16:30,840 --> 01:16:37,000
report, the city of Dayton will refer
you to Montgomery County Sheriff's

1044
01:16:34,680 --> 01:16:43,560
Office, which then in turns refer you
back to the city of Dayton and then uh

1045
01:16:40,320 --> 01:16:50,200
says it's unable to be provided.
Thank you, Ms. LaMantia.

1046
01:16:45,920 --> 01:16:50,200
» I call to the podium Ebony Hastings.

1047
01:17:02,440 --> 01:17:07,680
» Ebony Hastings, 1238 Wabash Avenue.

1048
01:17:08,440 --> 01:17:14,760
Commissioner Shaw,
why are you running for office?

1049
01:17:12,440 --> 01:17:19,120
Humble yourself. Chief Henderson does
not need your protection.

1050
01:17:17,520 --> 01:17:22,320
My topics tonight are about police
accountability in our recreation centers

1051
01:17:20,920 --> 01:17:26,680
and pools.
Two dating people were killed by police

1052
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:32,680
in the last 2 years. Brian Moody, he was
16. He was shot in June of 2024.

1053
01:17:30,480 --> 01:17:37,760
No charges. We never learned the
officers' names. We never saw the video.

1054
01:17:35,160 --> 01:17:44,160
Ledell Thomas was 44. He was shot in
March of 2026. No charges, no names, no

1055
01:17:42,280 --> 01:17:48,600
videos. 12 people have died in
Montgomery County jail in 2 years. In

1056
01:17:46,960 --> 01:17:53,640
the Christian Black case, a grand jury
cleared all 10 officers. This week a

1057
01:17:51,280 --> 01:17:58,800
Haitian student named Pierre Demar Bell
took his own life after ICE made him

1058
01:17:55,560 --> 01:18:06,120
wear an ankle monitor. These are all
authority figures, police officers, that

1059
01:18:02,320 --> 01:18:09,960
are doing these crimes. A life taken is
innocent blood shed on the city and the

1060
01:18:08,160 --> 01:18:13,440
county. The sheriff's office and the
state investigators keep investigating

1061
01:18:11,720 --> 01:18:18,160
themselves and keep clearing themselves.
That is not justice. I am not asking

1062
01:18:15,880 --> 01:18:23,880
this commission to do to I am asking
this commission to do two things.

1063
01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:28,720
Give the independent accountability
auditor real power, full video, full

1064
01:18:26,240 --> 01:18:33,600
review. Two, invite the county to join
the city in a joint oversight group. The

1065
01:18:30,880 --> 01:18:38,640
city can start the conversation tonight.
And we ask for respect on our streets.

1066
01:18:36,640 --> 01:18:44,400
Officers should drive with dignity, not
like they are chasing prey. We all live

1067
01:18:41,320 --> 01:18:47,720
here. Second, our pools. The staff at
Princeton Recreation Center is

1068
01:18:45,960 --> 01:18:53,200
phenomenal.
Absolutely phenomenal.

1069
01:18:50,240 --> 01:18:58,280
Diamond taught Serenity not to be afraid
of water in 20 minutes.

1070
01:18:55,760 --> 01:19:02,600
However, because the Belmont pool is
closed and due to renovations and we

1071
01:19:00,400 --> 01:19:05,920
have gone from eight recreation centers
to three,

1072
01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:10,240
you should see the number of children
that are waiting to learn how to swim

1073
01:19:08,120 --> 01:19:14,840
because our resources are limited.
Parents are signing their children up to

1074
01:19:12,040 --> 01:19:18,760
utilize those resources. We need the
money for our children. If we take care

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01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:22,600
of our children, our children will take
care of us.

1076
01:19:20,840 --> 01:19:26,360
I don't know how many other ways we need
to say it.

1077
01:19:24,240 --> 01:19:30,600
Matt, you are running. We know that you
are running. Do your due diligence. Take

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01:19:29,160 --> 01:19:34,400
care of our children the way that your
children are taken care of. The way that

1079
01:19:32,680 --> 01:19:38,280
the children in Kettering are taken care
of.

1080
01:19:36,360 --> 01:19:42,000
This is not an ask. This is a demand.
This is a human right for children to

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01:19:40,040 --> 01:19:45,880
have access to resources. It's not just
the parents' responsibility to take care

1082
01:19:43,880 --> 01:19:49,400
of the children when they out working
two and three jobs to make ends meet or

1083
01:19:47,600 --> 01:19:52,760
trying to go to school to increase their
livelihood and their quality of life.

1084
01:19:51,800 --> 01:19:56,040
And then we want to say, "Where the
parents at?"

1085
01:19:54,520 --> 01:19:59,160
Well, where is the community at? Where
is the church at?

1086
01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:08,200
The IAA needs to include demographics
and disability in order for me to view

1087
01:20:05,600 --> 01:20:10,920
it as a comprehensive measurable
outcome.

1088
01:20:09,840 --> 01:20:14,680
» Your time is up. Thank you.
>> And your body language speaks volumes.

1089
01:20:12,800 --> 01:20:21,760
We're watching you.
>> Thank you, Ms. Hastings.

1090
01:20:17,520 --> 01:20:21,760
I call to the podium Ryan Klein.

1091
01:20:30,880 --> 01:20:38,360
» My name's Ryan Klein. I live at 1360
Cornell Drive. Good evening,

1092
01:20:35,880 --> 01:20:43,960
commissioners. Good evening, mayor.
Uh on August 17th, I woke up at about

1093
01:20:41,520 --> 01:20:49,560
4:15 in the morning to the sound of a
car crash outside of my house. I live

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01:20:47,160 --> 01:20:53,440
near Cornell and Catalpa.
If you watch the traffic for even 20

1095
01:20:51,280 --> 01:20:58,000
minutes at this intersection, you would
understand why I go to bed every night

1096
01:20:56,160 --> 01:21:00,920
knowing a car could come through my
home.

1097
01:20:59,160 --> 01:21:05,320
That morning, I walked outside to see my
neighbor's metal fence was mangled.

1098
01:21:03,240 --> 01:21:09,800
There were tire ruts in my yard and more
damage across the street.

1099
01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:13,440
The bumper was left on the sidewalk.
Dayton police did a great job and found

1100
01:21:12,160 --> 01:21:18,760
the driver.
4 days later on August 21st, another car

1101
01:21:15,920 --> 01:21:23,160
ran a stop sign and hit another vehicle.
This is a pattern. Crashes, pedestrian

1102
01:21:21,480 --> 01:21:26,400
strikes, and drivers blowing through
without stopping.

1103
01:21:24,800 --> 01:21:30,320
It's getting worse. I can't even keep
track of all the crashes since I've

1104
01:21:28,600 --> 01:21:34,640
moved into my home.
Um one of our neighbors was struck and

1105
01:21:32,200 --> 01:21:37,920
critically injured walking his dog at
the intersection.

1106
01:21:36,440 --> 01:21:42,160
Um we have asked the city to paint
crosswalks, which they did, and they're

1107
01:21:40,240 --> 01:21:46,880
maintaining those, which we appreciate
that. So, visibility improved, but

1108
01:21:44,600 --> 01:21:49,840
speeding and crashes have not improved
at all.

1109
01:21:47,960 --> 01:21:54,920
We have lots of signage. We need
physical barriers.

1110
01:21:51,920 --> 01:21:59,200
I have asked the city about speed humps
or raised crosswalks like the ones

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01:21:56,760 --> 01:22:03,800
already used in the Dayton View Triangle
neighborhood and the University Row. I

1112
01:22:01,560 --> 01:22:07,400
was told no. The speed limit on Cornell
is 30,

1113
01:22:05,240 --> 01:22:12,120
and they won't do anything because
emergency vehicles

1114
01:22:09,160 --> 01:22:16,880
use it. Since I was told that, you all
have installed speed bumps on

1115
01:22:14,520 --> 01:22:22,440
Gettysburg, Philadelphia, West 3rd
Street, streets with speed limits of at

1116
01:22:19,280 --> 01:22:27,320
least 35, and that doesn't seem to have
bothered the police or fire departments

1117
01:22:24,920 --> 01:22:31,360
from doing their job, and they've been
really successful

1118
01:22:29,080 --> 01:22:36,240
at reducing crashes.
Um so, I'm just curious, do you want a

1119
01:22:33,320 --> 01:22:43,040
fatality at Cornell and Catalpa before
we can have some change to the design?

1120
01:22:40,120 --> 01:22:45,280
Um a city engineer told me
uh

1121
01:22:43,600 --> 01:22:50,200
so, our the curbs are completely
disintegrated. They're not even there.

1122
01:22:48,240 --> 01:22:55,320
So, when a car is crashing, they just go
right up into the yard cuz there's

1123
01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:59,120
nothing stopping them. Um the engineer
told me

1124
01:22:56,520 --> 01:23:03,640
this was probably 2 or 3 years ago we
would be a priority curb repair when the

1125
01:23:02,120 --> 01:23:08,680
road was repaved. Well, the road was
repaved this year, and the curbs were

1126
01:23:06,560 --> 01:23:13,440
not touched at all.
Um so, I just feel like we're just at

1127
01:23:10,960 --> 01:23:18,040
significant risk for escalating uh
crashes. Salem has construction. A lot

1128
01:23:16,000 --> 01:23:21,280
of people cut through Cornell, and we
just need some kind of barrier to

1129
01:23:19,760 --> 01:23:24,080
protect people who live in the
neighborhood.

1130
01:23:22,520 --> 01:23:30,320
I love my neighborhood. I just want to
feel safe where I live. So, thank you.

1131
01:23:28,120 --> 01:23:34,480
» Thank you, Mr. Klein.
I call to the podium Rodney Stark.

1132
01:23:45,080 --> 01:23:53,200
» Rodney Stark, 4526 Alfred Drive, Dayton,
Ohio 45417.

1133
01:23:50,520 --> 01:23:58,240
Protocol has already been established.
Mayor, I do not need to look at a

1134
01:23:55,440 --> 01:24:01,960
dashboard. All right? I'm going by your
financial statements, what you've done

1135
01:24:00,080 --> 01:24:06,160
with the ARPA money. I invite you all to
go and look at what you've done with

1136
01:24:03,320 --> 01:24:09,960
that ARPA money. All right? So, it's
right there. I'll tell you what. And by

1137
01:24:07,640 --> 01:24:12,480
the way, Port Authority owe you like $19
million that you can't collect from

1138
01:24:11,760 --> 01:24:15,720
them.
You know, all those dollars that I talk

1139
01:24:14,360 --> 01:24:19,480
about
uh

1140
01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:24,040
could be going to our community.
Fix those curbs that he's talking about.

1141
01:24:22,120 --> 01:24:29,160
To fix up all the dirt piles that you
left in our community. All that money

1142
01:24:26,720 --> 01:24:34,520
could go out there, but yet you spending
money 19 What you what $15 million

1143
01:24:32,560 --> 01:24:37,840
already in the hole? You're spending
money on glamorized porta-potties out

1144
01:24:36,840 --> 01:24:42,080
there.
$400,000

1145
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:45,080
worth of porta-potties.
$500,000

1146
01:24:45,320 --> 01:24:52,120
and a LLC to come in here and tell you
how to treat your employees.

1147
01:24:50,600 --> 01:24:57,320
Right?
This is what the Bishop is talking

1148
01:24:53,880 --> 01:25:02,400
about. There's no oversight. There's no
management of those funds or those tax

1149
01:24:59,800 --> 01:25:08,400
dollars.
It's a shame. And it's it's almost

1150
01:25:04,920 --> 01:25:11,680
criminal as as as what's happening here.
Also,

1151
01:25:09,680 --> 01:25:17,720
uh the IAA, you need to add another
column on that that that sheet about all

1152
01:25:14,200 --> 01:25:22,440
the claims, you know, the lawsuits that
is being settled also needs to be on

1153
01:25:19,760 --> 01:25:27,000
there, right? And who got hurt in those
those crimes? Let me say this, I am not

1154
01:25:24,680 --> 01:25:31,480
against the police. I'm military. I
support the police. We have a lot a lot

1155
01:25:29,480 --> 01:25:34,840
a lot of good officers out there. I know
because I talk to them all the time and

1156
01:25:33,400 --> 01:25:39,560
I tell them all the time, I'm with you
when you're right, right? And if you

1157
01:25:37,360 --> 01:25:44,480
wrong and you own up to it, I'll be with
you. I appreciate you being honest about

1158
01:25:42,040 --> 01:25:48,040
it. We with our officers. We with all of
our city workers. We got some fantastic

1159
01:25:46,600 --> 01:25:52,480
city workers.
Like that Chris Shaw said something

1160
01:25:49,520 --> 01:25:56,520
positive to. Okay? We love all our city
workers. You know the problem I have is

1161
01:25:54,200 --> 01:26:01,320
right here with this body right here,
right? We got to start making better

1162
01:25:58,480 --> 01:26:06,560
decisions. Uh Matt Joseph, you've been
here over 22 years, right? It's time to

1163
01:26:04,080 --> 01:26:10,640
go, brother. It's time to go. It's time
to go. Hang it up, right? It's not

1164
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:15,360
working for us anymore. The one-trick
pony downtown isn't working. Chris Shaw,

1165
01:26:13,440 --> 01:26:19,840
you've been here 10 years. I like
everybody, but it's time to go, all

1166
01:26:18,160 --> 01:26:23,600
right, it's time to hang it up. All
right, we need we need new leadership

1167
01:26:22,320 --> 01:26:28,440
here. We need to go a different
direction. All right, and I'm very

1168
01:26:25,800 --> 01:26:33,760
serious about it. The chief of staff
office needs to be revamped all the way.

1169
01:26:31,560 --> 01:26:39,200
All right, we got to get support out
here. The way that you guys don't listen

1170
01:26:36,440 --> 01:26:44,960
to the citizens, Darius, you came in
here, you dismantled the citizens use of

1171
01:26:42,680 --> 01:26:48,760
force committee, you took that. Now we
have a use of force committee. I don't

1172
01:26:46,800 --> 01:26:52,160
even I can't even find the minutes from
what those guys have done. I don't even

1173
01:26:50,120 --> 01:26:54,320
know who's on that committee.
Where's the minutes? Where's their

1174
01:26:53,440 --> 01:26:57,080
report?
>> up. Thank you.

1175
01:26:57,280 --> 01:27:03,000
Thank you, Mr. Stark.
I call to the podium Kevin Keller.

1176
01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:13,280
» I don't know how I'm going to follow all
that stuff up.

1177
01:27:11,320 --> 01:27:17,520
My name's Kevin Keller, 3922 East 3rd
Street, Dayton, Ohio 45403.

1178
01:27:15,880 --> 01:27:22,520
Good evening, mayor, commissioners,
>> Good evening.

1179
01:27:19,640 --> 01:27:25,440
» city manager, and our audience.
I come here today to

1180
01:27:24,400 --> 01:27:29,360
sing a
really old tune. It's been I've said it

1181
01:27:27,760 --> 01:27:32,960
several times, and I'm still looking for
an answer.

1182
01:27:30,600 --> 01:27:36,640
East 3rd Street up the hill. My wife and
I were almost killed last week when we

1183
01:27:34,640 --> 01:27:42,840
pulled out onto
East 3rd Street going east

1184
01:27:40,440 --> 01:27:48,160
when a car come down the hill
where it's double lanes, around the

1185
01:27:45,280 --> 01:27:52,640
curve. It's a blind curve to a point.
And we're we're pulling out of Quinton

1186
01:27:50,640 --> 01:27:56,760
going south onto East 3rd Street to go
up the hill. We almost got

1187
01:27:55,280 --> 01:28:02,120
My wife almost lost her life because the
guy came down the hill

1188
01:27:59,800 --> 01:28:05,920
on when on other side of the yellow line
and almost killed us. She had to take

1189
01:28:04,480 --> 01:28:09,040
evasive action.
He didn't care. He just continued on.

1190
01:28:07,440 --> 01:28:13,520
And he was going a high rate of speed,
probably 50 mph.

1191
01:28:11,680 --> 01:28:20,120
That hill's got to got to change. It's a
blind curve up a hill and and Airway

1192
01:28:16,600 --> 01:28:26,400
Road or Smithville Road at Airway is the
crown and it's scary.

1193
01:28:23,280 --> 01:28:30,400
Two things there. One is the curve the
blind curve coming down the hill at

1194
01:28:27,920 --> 01:28:34,640
Quinton. The other is it [clears throat]
it crowns out at the top of Smithville

1195
01:28:32,760 --> 01:28:38,400
and the Airway.
Plus when you cross that intersection at

1196
01:28:36,320 --> 01:28:41,560
a green light, you really don't know
which lane you're going to catch when

1197
01:28:40,040 --> 01:28:46,000
you go to the other side because there's
no stripes lines or anything. You're

1198
01:28:44,480 --> 01:28:49,960
you're you're guessing that you're in
the right spot and you're not going to

1199
01:28:47,960 --> 01:28:54,360
get hit. That needs to change. I don't
know I don't care who who whose property

1200
01:28:52,720 --> 01:28:57,600
it's on whether it's City of Dayton,
whether it's Riverside, something needs

1201
01:28:55,560 --> 01:29:02,840
to happen.
I'm tired of being up here talking about

1202
01:28:59,600 --> 01:29:06,760
traffic issues and nothing happens.
You know, a couple years ago, like this

1203
01:29:04,320 --> 01:29:12,120
gentleman said, uh my my yard has been
hit by cars several times.

1204
01:29:09,680 --> 01:29:15,960
And it ended with a woman um coming down
the hill at about 50 miles an hour

1205
01:29:13,400 --> 01:29:21,000
trying to turn left onto Quinton going
south and she didn't make it. She

1206
01:29:18,320 --> 01:29:26,160
embedded her car in in my hill on the
side of my house.

1207
01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:30,200
That said, that's got to change. The
second thing is

1208
01:29:28,240 --> 01:29:35,280
um
is uh oh, wait a minute.

1209
01:29:33,040 --> 01:29:38,720
Excuse me. I'm I'm going to need a drink
of water. Oh, wait a minute. Citizens

1210
01:29:36,920 --> 01:29:41,880
are not allowed to have drinks in the in
the chamber.

1211
01:29:39,960 --> 01:29:46,160
That doesn't seem That doesn't mesh with
me. I don't understand it, but we have a

1212
01:29:44,440 --> 01:29:49,280
we have our commissioners. They have all
the drinks they want up there. I don't

1213
01:29:47,320 --> 01:29:53,360
understand that.
Anyway, uh I

1214
01:29:51,680 --> 01:29:58,280
th- this this traffic thing's got to
change because somebody's going to get

1215
01:29:54,640 --> 01:30:02,400
killed just like their situation there.
So, uh thank you very much.

1216
01:30:00,200 --> 01:30:06,960
» Thank you, Mr. Keller.
I call to the podium William Hookstaden.

1217
01:30:10,362 --> 01:30:16,040
» [clears throat]
>> Um

1218
01:30:13,240 --> 01:30:20,800
My name is Bill Hogstead, 1216 Cornell
Road, I should say Cornell Speedway. I'm

1219
01:30:17,720 --> 01:30:23,080
just going to reiterate what Mr. Klein
had said that uh

1220
01:30:22,807 --> 01:30:27,880
» [clears throat]
>> I was the one where walking my dog, I

1221
01:30:25,360 --> 01:30:34,400
got hit uh
13 months ago. Uh three uh

1222
01:30:31,360 --> 01:30:38,000
broken ribs and a messed up shoulder.
Um

1223
01:30:35,560 --> 01:30:43,480
The tra- the traffic on the Cornell
Speedway is outrageous and I don't know

1224
01:30:40,320 --> 01:30:46,680
where why we can't have some control to
stop it. We can't obviously we can't

1225
01:30:44,760 --> 01:30:50,800
have good things, but uh
do something what they had did with uh

1226
01:30:48,720 --> 01:30:54,080
on Third Street on Gettysburg at least.
Thank you very much.

1227
01:30:52,400 --> 01:30:59,160
» Thank you, sir.
That concludes speakers, Your Honor.

1228
01:30:56,760 --> 01:31:02,080
Thank you, Ms. McClendon.
Mr. Parlett, do you have any closing

1229
01:31:00,720 --> 01:31:06,920
comments this evening?
>> Uh Your Honor, I do have one. Um I'm

1230
01:31:04,920 --> 01:31:11,280
nearly certain that you saw that we had
two police officers get injured

1231
01:31:08,680 --> 01:31:15,200
yesterday making an arrest of a domestic
violence suspect. I wanted to update you

1232
01:31:13,800 --> 01:31:18,800
and let you know that they were released
from the hospital before noon yesterday.

1233
01:31:17,720 --> 01:31:22,840
Um
so they're generally speaking doing

1234
01:31:20,480 --> 01:31:25,800
well. No no serious threatening
injuries. So, just wanted to give you

1235
01:31:24,560 --> 01:31:28,920
that update.
>> Thank you. And the assailant was

1236
01:31:27,480 --> 01:31:32,480
apprehended and
>> Yes.

1237
01:31:29,440 --> 01:31:35,200
» Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Parlett.
Ms. McClendon, do you have any closing

1238
01:31:34,000 --> 01:31:39,480
comments?
>> Yes, Your Honor. City Hall will be

1239
01:31:37,000 --> 01:31:43,680
closed on Monday, September 7th due to
the Labor Day holiday.

1240
01:31:41,360 --> 01:31:47,440
» Thank you, Ms. McClendon. Commissioners,
do you have any closing comments this

1241
01:31:45,120 --> 01:31:52,800
evening? Commissioner Beckham.
>> Uh yes, Your Honor, just a few. Um

1242
01:31:49,840 --> 01:31:57,520
certainly want to thank all of the
residents for their comments and

1243
01:31:54,800 --> 01:32:00,680
concerns that they raised this evening.
Um

1244
01:31:59,760 --> 01:32:04,160
I want I want
uh Commissioner Joseph, Commissioner

1245
01:32:01,880 --> 01:32:07,920
Fairchild for the moment of silence for
uh Mr.

1246
01:32:05,360 --> 01:32:12,320
Pierre De Mas Bell. Such a tragic
situation for

1247
01:32:09,680 --> 01:32:16,440
a really promising young man
who is very adjacent to this community.

1248
01:32:15,040 --> 01:32:22,760
So um
my prayers and condolences to to his

1249
01:32:18,240 --> 01:32:22,760
family and all affected by that. Um

1250
01:32:22,880 --> 01:32:28,400
Uh a lot to address. Um
specifically

1251
01:32:27,640 --> 01:32:33,920
um
all of the feedback on the IAA. Um

1252
01:32:32,160 --> 01:32:39,040
You know, I I appreciate that tool as I
said after the presentation.

1253
01:32:36,320 --> 01:32:43,920
Um this was one of the initial occasions
in which um I got to see the result of

1254
01:32:42,640 --> 01:32:49,040
that um
that process and that work. I think

1255
01:32:46,120 --> 01:32:53,520
there very much is an opportunity. Um
Of course, as long as there is uh

1256
01:32:51,480 --> 01:32:59,040
discussion and and collaboration amongst
this commission to add uh to what the

1257
01:32:56,440 --> 01:33:04,080
IAA collects and presents to us. Um I
think that is uh well within our

1258
01:33:01,200 --> 01:33:08,720
ability. Um and you know, for it to be
an evolving tool makes makes good sense

1259
01:33:06,480 --> 01:33:12,480
to me. Um especially given that it is
influencing um

1260
01:33:10,560 --> 01:33:16,280
policy, right, of the police department.
So

1261
01:33:13,320 --> 01:33:20,960
I'm certainly welcome a discussion about
how we

1262
01:33:17,480 --> 01:33:25,320
um add to that report.
Uh so thank you for the specific

1263
01:33:23,080 --> 01:33:31,600
concerns that were raised around that.
Uh the home repair loan program, I know

1264
01:33:28,440 --> 01:33:36,200
um that was brought up as well.
Of course, I think that was approved by

1265
01:33:32,720 --> 01:33:38,480
this commission um prior to um last
November.

1266
01:33:37,280 --> 01:33:43,120
Um
I do believe we received a uh a memo and

1267
01:33:41,800 --> 01:33:47,120
a
I'm not sure

1268
01:33:44,440 --> 01:33:51,320
how recently that packet came through,
but

1269
01:33:48,120 --> 01:33:56,400
uh it seems in in city manager
assistant city manager Parlette, please

1270
01:33:54,120 --> 01:34:01,000
clarify if if wrong, but I think there
was, um,

1271
01:33:58,400 --> 01:34:05,000
from my read of of um the situation, it
was partially due to,

1272
01:34:02,760 --> 01:34:09,760
um, the income threshold that residents
had to meet. Um, of course, it it is set

1273
01:34:08,120 --> 01:34:16,360
at a particular,
um, rate, uh, for residents to qualify,

1274
01:34:13,120 --> 01:34:22,160
uh, for that. And because of that, uh,
there was not necessarily the, um,

1275
01:34:19,720 --> 01:34:24,960
frequency of applicants. Uh, so, I think
we,

1276
01:34:23,160 --> 01:34:28,680
uh, our staff had gone back to the
drawing board to kind of re-engineer,

1277
01:34:27,920 --> 01:34:33,400
uh,
um, that program so that it is actually

1278
01:34:31,640 --> 01:34:36,520
receiving, uh, applications that
qualify.

1279
01:34:34,680 --> 01:34:38,600
Um, I think I'm correct in that, um,
>> I think so.

1280
01:34:37,440 --> 01:34:42,280
» So,
um, wanted to to speak to that. That's a

1281
01:34:40,280 --> 01:34:48,200
very important program.
Um,

1282
01:34:44,080 --> 01:34:48,200
all of the traffic concerns, um,

1283
01:34:48,480 --> 01:34:54,400
you know, I I think,
when, uh,

1284
01:34:52,640 --> 01:34:58,520
as an organization, our our engineering
department, when recommendations are

1285
01:34:55,840 --> 01:35:02,120
made or things are actually done,
it's in the best interest of everyone,

1286
01:35:00,280 --> 01:35:06,400
uh, the safety of the residents,
uh, and of course, our city,

1287
01:35:04,520 --> 01:35:09,920
uh, to actually go back and measure
whether or not

1288
01:35:08,040 --> 01:35:13,680
something has improved.
Um, and,

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01:35:11,880 --> 01:35:17,920
um, I appreciate,
um, you know, the,

1290
01:35:15,960 --> 01:35:21,920
uh, the efforts that has been made thus
far, um,

1291
01:35:19,720 --> 01:35:25,040
you know, despite how how significant or
little,

1292
01:35:22,960 --> 01:35:30,280
uh, but clearly there are still serious
problems. Um, and the last thing we

1293
01:35:27,280 --> 01:35:34,920
want, um, is traffic fatalities in our
city. Um, of course, any fatality in our

1294
01:35:33,040 --> 01:35:37,120
city is a tragedy, but,
um,

1295
01:35:35,600 --> 01:35:42,200
as it relates to some of these traffic
concerns, um,

1296
01:35:39,120 --> 01:35:45,880
if we can get just an update and a memo,
uh, as it relates to truly how far we

1297
01:35:44,680 --> 01:35:51,200
can go,
um, to remediate, uh, some of these

1298
01:35:48,240 --> 01:35:54,720
intersections, um,
there have clearly been some patterns,

1299
01:35:53,200 --> 01:36:00,760
right? Around which ones are the most
problematic. I don't think we're hearing

1300
01:35:58,680 --> 01:36:04,280
I don't think we're hearing, you know,
every single intersection in our city

1301
01:36:02,440 --> 01:36:10,080
has a problem, but there there clearly
is some that have consistent

1302
01:36:07,320 --> 01:36:13,280
issues and those are worth real
scrutiny.

1303
01:36:11,520 --> 01:36:18,480
So, I would I would
recommend and and request that we

1304
01:36:15,480 --> 01:36:22,120
actually evaluate
with our engineering department what

1305
01:36:19,960 --> 01:36:28,560
what we can do because this is clearly
an ongoing problem

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01:36:25,080 --> 01:36:31,280
that hasn't improved. So
Thank you for the comments tonight

1307
01:36:29,960 --> 01:36:35,240
regarding that.
Lastly

1308
01:36:33,120 --> 01:36:39,080
I just want to
provide some clarity around the Bishop's

1309
01:36:37,720 --> 01:36:44,080
comments.
You know, there's been a lot of I would

1310
01:36:41,560 --> 01:36:44,080
say

1311
01:36:44,200 --> 01:36:50,200
commentary
throughout our city around our our

1312
01:36:47,800 --> 01:36:55,080
charter and our form of government. I
would simply say that, you know, I mean

1313
01:36:52,920 --> 01:37:00,720
yes, the city of Dayton has been a city
manager form of government for what? 100

1314
01:36:58,080 --> 01:37:04,600
100 and something years roughly. I mean
um

1315
01:37:02,120 --> 01:37:08,680
That being said, right? I think any
review of our charter

1316
01:37:06,960 --> 01:37:13,400
would just have to be done with serious
scrutiny and a real process.

1317
01:37:12,080 --> 01:37:19,480
And
you know, that being said, right?

1318
01:37:16,640 --> 01:37:22,680
It would of course be a conversation
that this commission has to as well

1319
01:37:21,480 --> 01:37:26,640
agree on.
If it were to take that route. We've

1320
01:37:25,120 --> 01:37:30,280
seen ballot initiatives come forth in
the city. Some are put on the ballot by

1321
01:37:28,320 --> 01:37:34,560
this commission. Some are done by other
residents. So, you know, there is a

1322
01:37:32,640 --> 01:37:39,240
process to these things and I I I feel
like it's at least worth speaking to the

1323
01:37:36,840 --> 01:37:43,880
fact that
a process would have to happen if that

1324
01:37:41,320 --> 01:37:48,800
were to come forward. So, I'll just
leave that there and I appreciate

1325
01:37:45,960 --> 01:37:50,400
everyone who weighed in tonight. So,
thank you. Those are all my comments,

1326
01:37:49,880 --> 01:37:52,560
Mayor.
>> Thank you, Commissioner Beckham.

1327
01:37:51,480 --> 01:37:55,680
Commissioner Fairchild.
>> Yeah, thank you, Commissioner, for your

1328
01:37:53,760 --> 01:38:02,480
comments. Thank you, citizens, for hear
being here and your comments.

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01:37:58,720 --> 01:38:06,000
Couple to respond to
Mr.

1330
01:38:04,720 --> 01:38:09,840
Klein.
That intersection's two blocks from my

1331
01:38:07,920 --> 01:38:15,400
house. One of your neighbors was
knocking on my door.

1332
01:38:13,080 --> 01:38:19,520
Getting signatures to see about putting
flash We have the petition here. So, if

1333
01:38:17,920 --> 01:38:21,600
you want to sign that.
Um

1334
01:38:22,280 --> 01:38:24,600
Um

1335
01:38:24,840 --> 01:38:32,600
So, um
I think there's still a question about

1336
01:38:29,040 --> 01:38:36,360
is what is the best way to
look at the civil engineering in that

1337
01:38:34,280 --> 01:38:40,320
intersection to make it as safe as
possible. And that's something we can

1338
01:38:38,200 --> 01:38:45,200
work with staff to come out and
evaluate.

1339
01:38:42,800 --> 01:38:49,240
And and see what what the best solution
is.

1340
01:38:46,120 --> 01:38:52,040
And you know, Mr. Kerrigan's been here
multiple times. He's not here tonight,

1341
01:38:50,840 --> 01:38:57,160
but
he's testimony to the fact that our

1342
01:38:55,560 --> 01:39:01,440
staff will work with folks to try to
find the right solution for these

1343
01:38:59,600 --> 01:39:06,880
traffic concerns.
Uh Commissioner Beckham, I appreciate

1344
01:39:03,320 --> 01:39:10,840
your request to look at an analysis of
the the fatalities and the accidents we

1345
01:39:09,040 --> 01:39:14,840
have.
I'm trying to recall. I know we had a

1346
01:39:13,400 --> 01:39:21,360
briefing
maybe in the spring around this very

1347
01:39:17,240 --> 01:39:26,200
topic and an initiative
to look at the safety of our streets. I

1348
01:39:24,200 --> 01:39:30,600
I'm not recalling the details of that
now or the timeline of that project.

1349
01:39:28,840 --> 01:39:34,480
Mr. Parlette, is that
>> I don't recall either. I'm sorry.

1350
01:39:32,920 --> 01:39:39,200
We'll certainly
to address the concerns expressed as

1351
01:39:36,840 --> 01:39:43,080
well as yours.
Typically, what we do when we receive

1352
01:39:41,000 --> 01:39:47,440
complaints and I'll I'll look into what
the briefing you're referencing

1353
01:39:45,960 --> 01:39:50,840
tomorrow.
But, typically what we do when we get a

1354
01:39:49,000 --> 01:39:55,480
complaint is that we will study the
data. We'll deploy devices to capture

1355
01:39:53,440 --> 01:40:01,520
data for a period of time. Generally
speaking, 2 weeks we'll capture data.

1356
01:39:58,480 --> 01:40:05,040
And it captures speeds within a
percentile

1357
01:40:03,280 --> 01:40:09,200
as well as
traffic volume,

1358
01:40:06,800 --> 01:40:14,360
those types of things. And generally,
when

1359
01:40:10,240 --> 01:40:19,160
we get that data and it often times it
is

1360
01:40:15,440 --> 01:40:25,240
the appearance of um
unsafe conditions. The data sometimes

1361
01:40:21,880 --> 01:40:31,520
doesn't support the idea. So, suggesting
maybe 80% of the 20,000 cars

1362
01:40:29,600 --> 01:40:37,120
that go through there
in a period of time might be

1363
01:40:34,920 --> 01:40:42,720
two or three miles an hour over the
speed limit. That I'm not ignoring or

1364
01:40:39,960 --> 01:40:47,720
suggesting that the testimony is not
factual because we all know that 80th

1365
01:40:45,640 --> 01:40:53,680
percent There's that other 20% that
aren't doing that, right? Um so,

1366
01:40:50,080 --> 01:40:59,400
generally speaking, we do the study, we
analyze the data, and then we formulate

1367
01:40:56,640 --> 01:41:04,240
kind of response plans and and see what
we can and can't do within a specific

1368
01:41:01,920 --> 01:41:09,920
geography or intersection. So, we'll do
that um in this case with Cornell and

1369
01:41:07,200 --> 01:41:14,880
and Catalpa. And I know we did that on
East Third Street. It's got some

1370
01:41:12,400 --> 01:41:19,600
time to it. Like, it's got some age. So,
I'll circle back with public works and

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01:41:17,040 --> 01:41:23,280
police and and refresh my memory on that
one. It's a couple years old.

1372
01:41:20,800 --> 01:41:29,005
» Yeah. Thank you. And I think Ms. Lofton,
were you in that briefing on the the the

1373
01:41:26,880 --> 01:41:29,005
fatalities? [clears throat]

1374
01:41:29,320 --> 01:41:35,520
No.
Okay. Well, I'll have to go back and and

1375
01:41:33,440 --> 01:41:42,200
try to get you some guidance on that,
Mr. Parlette, on on that briefing. Um

1376
01:41:39,960 --> 01:41:49,680
I I do want to acknowledge
Cornell is the main connector between

1377
01:41:45,200 --> 01:41:57,080
Salem and Gettysburg. And um people
utilize it a lot. Many a high-speed um

1378
01:41:55,040 --> 01:42:04,800
in our in our um
police and EMTs use it um quite heavily,

1379
01:42:00,960 --> 01:42:04,800
too. So, um

1380
01:42:05,040 --> 01:42:11,200
it I'll be interesting to see what the
data shows, but because of that usage

1381
01:42:08,840 --> 01:42:17,200
and the kind of straight shot between
Salem and Gettysburg, it um

1382
01:42:14,480 --> 01:42:23,080
it lends itself to people
um being reckless.

1383
01:42:19,800 --> 01:42:26,240
Um Mr. Johnson, I appreciate uh the
report you shared with us or the

1384
01:42:24,560 --> 01:42:30,040
resolutions. I look forward to reading
those.

1385
01:42:27,400 --> 01:42:30,040
Um

1386
01:42:30,720 --> 01:42:37,080
Bishop Corey, want to
echo uh my colleagues' comments. I

1387
01:42:35,640 --> 01:42:42,080
think, you know, Ms. Hastings has
already

1388
01:42:38,160 --> 01:42:48,040
kind of brought this question to I think
it it'd be really important, I think, as

1389
01:42:44,360 --> 01:42:52,920
a first step to try to bring some
education around the differences between

1390
01:42:50,680 --> 01:42:58,040
a city manager and a strong mayor form
of government. There's pros and cons to

1391
01:42:55,200 --> 01:43:02,800
both. Um where are the checks and
balances in there? Where Where are the

1392
01:43:00,200 --> 01:43:08,320
weaknesses? And I think doing some
public education would be helpful. Um

1393
01:43:06,800 --> 01:43:12,840
at the end of the day, I think it's that
question of checks and balances that's

1394
01:43:10,000 --> 01:43:18,160
going to be really um
helpful to think about what provides us

1395
01:43:16,000 --> 01:43:23,280
the best accountability to the
community. And you know, there's and and

1396
01:43:21,480 --> 01:43:28,280
we can look at different cases,
particularly cities our size in terms of

1397
01:43:25,880 --> 01:43:32,680
those those form of government. So, I
look forward um to trying trying a way

1398
01:43:30,560 --> 01:43:37,240
that we might do some of that education
in a public setting so

1399
01:43:34,800 --> 01:43:41,720
other citizens can be brought into the
key questions and is also learning kind

1400
01:43:40,600 --> 01:43:44,880
of the
those pros and cons.

1401
01:43:45,800 --> 01:43:51,680
Mr. El-Zain, thank you for being here
and continuing to

1402
01:43:53,960 --> 01:44:03,080
keep us from being desensitized
and for being a voice of conscience and

1403
01:43:59,440 --> 01:44:06,520
for reminding us of the human pain that
war and violence bring to the throughout

1404
01:44:05,280 --> 01:44:09,800
the world.
And uh

1405
01:44:08,200 --> 01:44:14,520
as my recovery comes along, I look
forward to re-engaging with you on the

1406
01:44:12,080 --> 01:44:19,840
peace summit and trying to find concrete
ways that we can

1407
01:44:18,200 --> 01:44:26,200
you know, I really think
we have a desire to reduce violence and

1408
01:44:23,640 --> 01:44:29,720
to um
to

1409
01:44:27,280 --> 01:44:34,480
recognize the dignity of all people and
so my hope is in that peace summit work

1410
01:44:31,800 --> 01:44:39,280
we'll be able to do that.
And finally, I just want to say to our

1411
01:44:36,480 --> 01:44:42,880
men and women in labor, thank you
um for what you do

1412
01:44:41,000 --> 01:44:45,640
and thank you for
um

1413
01:44:43,840 --> 01:44:50,800
the
the lives that you've created for all of

1414
01:44:47,640 --> 01:44:54,600
us in this country in terms of safety
and work and dignity of work and

1415
01:44:53,440 --> 01:44:58,800
um
and being able you know, we've lost a

1416
01:44:57,160 --> 01:45:05,080
lot of power from the labor movement
over the years. And some of Mr.

1417
01:45:01,240 --> 01:45:08,480
Johnson's comments reflect that in terms
and

1418
01:45:06,080 --> 01:45:12,400
some other comments in terms of
you know, it should be that you can work

1419
01:45:09,840 --> 01:45:14,880
a full week of work
and earn enough

1420
01:45:13,760 --> 01:45:19,400
to take care of yourself and your
family.

1421
01:45:16,080 --> 01:45:23,920
And our society is is distorted in that
way right now and we've got to find a

1422
01:45:21,440 --> 01:45:28,200
way to recapture that um
that spirit of the labor movement to

1423
01:45:26,040 --> 01:45:31,240
push back to that so that people have
dignity of work and they also have the

1424
01:45:30,000 --> 01:45:36,000
resources
to live their lives. And so as we go

1425
01:45:33,280 --> 01:45:40,120
into this Labor Day weekend, that is
what I encourage us to reflect upon

1426
01:45:37,560 --> 01:45:43,320
about how do we move in that direction.
Thank you.

1427
01:45:42,120 --> 01:45:44,520
» Thank you, Commissioner Fairchild.
Commissioner Shaw.

1428
01:45:44,403 --> 01:45:46,960
» [clears throat]
>> Well, thank you to both of my colleagues

1429
01:45:46,120 --> 01:45:50,840
for
addressing some of these issues,

1430
01:45:48,120 --> 01:45:55,880
especially the traffic issues which are
a problem all over the city. I I know

1431
01:45:52,560 --> 01:45:59,040
that we were able to capture data
with regards to the to the red light and

1432
01:45:57,480 --> 01:46:02,480
the speed cameras
to be able to

1433
01:46:00,400 --> 01:46:04,480
notice trends in there when we turn them
on.

1434
01:46:03,480 --> 01:46:08,240
You know,
traffic issues go down when we turn them

1435
01:46:06,200 --> 01:46:12,400
off, they go back up again. So, I think
there's a way to um

1436
01:46:10,760 --> 01:46:15,240
be able to capture data
and [clears throat] to to learn from it

1437
01:46:13,720 --> 01:46:18,120
and then make the appropriate
adjustments in the areas that we need to

1438
01:46:16,560 --> 01:46:20,920
do so. So, I'm glad that we're at least
looking at that and I would encourage us

1439
01:46:19,680 --> 01:46:24,680
to do [clears throat] more.
So, thank you to my colleagues

1440
01:46:22,880 --> 01:46:29,640
for dealing with that.
I too want to give a shout-out and

1441
01:46:28,040 --> 01:46:35,680
great thank you to our our labor
organizations and our our labor members.

1442
01:46:32,960 --> 01:46:38,760
You're right, they have set the
provided the opportunity for middle

1443
01:46:37,000 --> 01:46:42,800
class in this country,
provided safety on the job which is not

1444
01:46:41,200 --> 01:46:47,000
always the case.
And I just want to um

1445
01:46:45,160 --> 01:46:50,160
to hope they
that we celebrate them on this Labor Day

1446
01:46:48,560 --> 01:46:54,040
holiday.
I encourage small business owners and

1447
01:46:52,200 --> 01:46:58,120
entrepreneurs to take advantage of the
procurement pathways event

1448
01:46:56,280 --> 01:47:03,040
taking place Tuesday, September 15th
from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the University

1449
01:47:00,480 --> 01:47:05,920
of Dayton's Bausch Lounge.
This event is a great opportunity to

1450
01:47:04,280 --> 01:47:08,680
connect with
or directly with procurement

1451
01:47:07,120 --> 01:47:12,240
professionals and learn more about
contracting opportunities. So, I'm going

1452
01:47:10,640 --> 01:47:15,600
to try to be there myself if I can, but
I hope to see everyone there. Thank you.

1453
01:47:14,680 --> 01:47:19,440
» Thank you, Commissioner Shaw.
Commissioner Joseph.

1454
01:47:17,520 --> 01:47:21,480
» Thank you, Mayor. Three things tonight.
Uh

1455
01:47:20,280 --> 01:47:24,840
First, I want to give a huge
congratulations to our environmental

1456
01:47:23,160 --> 01:47:29,960
management team at our water our water
department. They got an honor on August

1457
01:47:27,040 --> 01:47:33,440
19th. They got a 2026 source water
protection award for the work they do

1458
01:47:31,560 --> 01:47:36,440
protecting our drinking water.
You all know it's a huge priority of

1459
01:47:34,920 --> 01:47:39,320
ours and the entire city to make sure
our residents have clean, accessible

1460
01:47:38,280 --> 01:47:42,320
water.
Um and they're the ones on the front

1461
01:47:40,480 --> 01:47:46,440
lines. So, we're lucky to have folks who
take good care of of this one of our

1462
01:47:44,400 --> 01:47:50,480
most important resources. And when I
thank the team and Mr. Parrott, please

1463
01:47:48,560 --> 01:47:54,400
pass those thanks along to everyone. We
really appreciate their work.

1464
01:47:52,720 --> 01:47:57,360
Um
Second, I appreciate you all joining me

1465
01:47:56,000 --> 01:48:01,160
in a moment of
silence

1466
01:47:58,960 --> 01:48:07,440
for the young man, the athlete, the the
scholar, the young man promising future,

1467
01:48:03,960 --> 01:48:07,440
Pierre DeMoss Bell.

1468
01:48:08,760 --> 01:48:13,200
Um my colleagues have spoken about it
and they're correct. It's a it's a

1469
01:48:11,520 --> 01:48:18,640
tragedy.
Uh it's another shame upon us, upon our

1470
01:48:15,760 --> 01:48:23,960
country, upon the leadership that
put a a ankle bracelet on a a young man

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01:48:21,000 --> 01:48:29,200
who was here with the full force of law.
Uh he had the paperwork to be here.

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01:48:26,360 --> 01:48:31,600
A bright future. Um
and he got the rug pulled out from him

1473
01:48:30,600 --> 01:48:36,320
by
uh

1474
01:48:33,720 --> 01:48:41,160
terrible terrible policies with terrible
consequences. So,

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01:48:38,600 --> 01:48:45,320
uh I really thank uh those in the
community have who have surged their

1476
01:48:43,720 --> 01:48:48,960
efforts towards Springfield, toward our
Haitian

1477
01:48:46,440 --> 01:48:52,200
neighbors and immigrants. Uh a lot of
folks have been there. Some people here,

1478
01:48:50,560 --> 01:48:56,080
Yusuf was there.
Uh so, I urge folks to to keep doing

1479
01:48:54,560 --> 01:48:59,920
that. They're
the current situation such that it seems

1480
01:48:57,880 --> 01:49:02,840
hopeless, but I I'm encouraged by the
fact that so many people are are going

1481
01:49:01,480 --> 01:49:07,920
to help and I really appreciate that.
So, in in this young man's name, please

1482
01:49:05,120 --> 01:49:11,440
continue your efforts.
Uh finally, I want to echo my

1483
01:49:09,240 --> 01:49:16,000
colleagues' comments on Labor Day.
Uh labor movement built this country.

1484
01:49:13,360 --> 01:49:20,520
And uh so, I hope everyone, all of our
workers, especially our unionized city

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01:49:18,200 --> 01:49:24,560
workers, have a great Labor Day weekend.
Thank you, Mayor.

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01:49:21,680 --> 01:49:29,600
» Thank you, Commissioner. I too want to
acknowledge all of our our labor

1487
01:49:26,960 --> 01:49:34,960
organizations and the work that they do
on a continuous basis, and I hope that

1488
01:49:32,400 --> 01:49:38,560
people take the opportunity to, in fact,
enjoy the holiday

1489
01:49:36,720 --> 01:49:42,040
and to recognize the work that is being
done.

1490
01:49:39,840 --> 01:49:46,560
And with that, in observance to the
holiday, waste collection will be

1491
01:49:44,000 --> 01:49:52,320
delayed a day. So, if you have normal
collection on Monday, your day will then

1492
01:49:49,200 --> 01:49:56,440
be moved to Tuesday. So, please make
note of that. Thank you, Mr. Parlett.

1493
01:49:54,480 --> 01:50:00,840
And thank you to my colleagues for
uplifting and and

1494
01:49:58,840 --> 01:50:04,240
a moment of silence for the young man
who passed. I really appreciate it, and

1495
01:50:02,760 --> 01:50:07,320
thank you, Mr. Alzein, for your
comments.

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01:50:05,560 --> 01:50:13,200
And just want to echo Commissioner
Fairchild's points and reminding us that

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01:50:11,280 --> 01:50:18,280
the humanity of it all and what we're
we're faced and what we're dealing with

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01:50:15,560 --> 01:50:23,680
across the world.
And so, again, thank you for your

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01:50:19,800 --> 01:50:27,760
leadership, Mr. Alzein. Commissioner
Beckham had noted the number of service

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01:50:25,920 --> 01:50:32,880
agreements on the calendar item, and I
just to want to uplift a number

1501
01:50:31,280 --> 01:50:37,400
Department of Housing and Urban
Development programs, especially given

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01:50:35,040 --> 01:50:43,200
this time again when there are a number
of challenges and obstacles that we're

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01:50:39,800 --> 01:50:47,000
faced with and and not knowing
again the uncertainties on

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01:50:44,920 --> 01:50:51,480
various different funding sources. So,
to see that this work is being done,

1505
01:50:49,880 --> 01:50:54,760
want to uplift
the Land

1506
01:50:52,800 --> 01:51:02,440
Montgomery County Land Utilization
Corporation and the Homebuyer Counseling

1507
01:50:58,160 --> 01:51:05,680
Program. That is a great great program,
and so I know that there's some

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01:51:04,200 --> 01:51:11,200
information that we'll be pushing out to
the public. So, we hope that those who

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01:51:07,920 --> 01:51:16,400
are interested will, in fact, and take
heed to to what is available through the

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01:51:13,560 --> 01:51:21,720
home buyer program as well as Miami
Valley Mills, especially I mean the

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01:51:19,080 --> 01:51:25,840
point was raised, right? We recently by
way of the Amos project and again we

1512
01:51:24,480 --> 01:51:29,600
recognize the work that they're doing
the Amos project

1513
01:51:27,800 --> 01:51:34,200
the Black Women's Health Initiative they
brought that legislation forward to us

1514
01:51:31,760 --> 01:51:38,800
along with lead and so we supported that
but this complements that work that

1515
01:51:36,080 --> 01:51:43,320
we're doing not just to have the point
was raised, right? Performative language

1516
01:51:40,720 --> 01:51:48,080
but also have
programming and support that in fact

1517
01:51:46,400 --> 01:51:52,040
complements that work and we see that
with the Miami Valley Mills and there's

1518
01:51:49,760 --> 01:51:55,560
more work. We actually not to put the
cart before the horse but there's some

1519
01:51:54,120 --> 01:52:00,360
additional work that we're doing and
looking at other funding streams and and

1520
01:51:57,600 --> 01:52:04,320
and grant opportunities. So hopefully we
will be awarded and we will be

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01:52:01,640 --> 01:52:10,080
successful in that in that ask.
The Dayton YWCA the work that is being

1522
01:52:06,720 --> 01:52:15,320
done there as well and that is to extend
the services to many of our

1523
01:52:13,280 --> 01:52:19,720
families and women who are in fact
victims of domestic violence but to who

1524
01:52:18,240 --> 01:52:23,520
face
who are in fact unhoused and then

1525
01:52:21,280 --> 01:52:26,680
Daybreak the work that is continuing
with them as well and just what it was

1526
01:52:25,120 --> 01:52:31,120
it Commissioner Beckham a couple weeks
ago they celebrated a large

1527
01:52:31,240 --> 01:52:37,560
award that they received from Lowe's. So
they're continuing that work. So I'm

1528
01:52:35,200 --> 01:52:42,240
happy to to speak to that. Well I think
all of the residents that came out this

1529
01:52:39,800 --> 01:52:46,680
evening thank you for your comments.
Mr. Gage I too will be happy to

1530
01:52:45,400 --> 01:52:50,600
the charge is on you. You pick the
street and I'll be there. We can say

1531
01:52:48,960 --> 01:52:56,000
again a street at a time a block at a
time. Ms. Creech your comment is valid

1532
01:52:53,960 --> 01:52:59,520
in terms of a time clock. So Ms. Jackson
if that's something that we can work on

1533
01:52:57,520 --> 01:53:03,640
I think if there is a clock that we can
have in front just so individuals can be

1534
01:53:02,240 --> 01:53:08,040
able to monitor their time. That was a
great suggestion. It it all of that

1535
01:53:05,840 --> 01:53:11,960
burden off of you, Ms. McClain, right?
So, thank you for that. Uh Bishop

1536
01:53:09,960 --> 01:53:16,080
McCorry, it's good to see you.
And your recommendations, uh Mr.

1537
01:53:13,920 --> 01:53:20,480
Johnson, thank you for being here. Ms.
Alzena, as noted, I really appreciate

1538
01:53:17,920 --> 01:53:25,240
you being here. Ms. Lemons, thank you
for your comments. And to Commissioner

1539
01:53:22,760 --> 01:53:28,560
Beckum's point, that program is now it
was, in fact, it there was a pause, but

1540
01:53:27,160 --> 01:53:32,480
from my understanding from the memo that
we were received, we did receive some

1541
01:53:30,320 --> 01:53:37,400
time ago, it is back on the streets,
meaning that the the pool is now or the

1542
01:53:36,520 --> 01:53:41,720
um
the process itself itself, the

1543
01:53:39,160 --> 01:53:46,120
application process itself is now open.
Um so, those who are interested

1544
01:53:44,240 --> 01:53:50,760
in participating in the program, whoever
interest in the Dayton and

1545
01:53:48,600 --> 01:53:54,040
uh repair home network, I will encourage
you to Google that. I usually have the

1546
01:53:52,360 --> 01:53:57,840
phone number right in front of me, but I
don't have that right now, but please

1547
01:53:56,160 --> 01:54:02,880
visit the city of Dayton's website. You
can also Google the Dayton Collaborative

1548
01:54:00,760 --> 01:54:07,360
Network or the Dayton Home Repair
Network, and then you'll be able to find

1549
01:54:04,440 --> 01:54:12,280
it there. And it's all under the Dayton
Energy Collaborative. Um either one of

1550
01:54:10,400 --> 01:54:16,400
those options you can definitely Google,
and you can find the information cuz the

1551
01:54:13,960 --> 01:54:21,840
the pause has been lifted. Ms. Hastings,
thank you for your your comments.

1552
01:54:19,040 --> 01:54:25,960
Um as noted from my colleagues, the
additional information for the IAA, I

1553
01:54:24,400 --> 01:54:30,400
think those are good suggestions in
terms of what if, in fact, there are any

1554
01:54:28,600 --> 01:54:34,000
parameters that prohibit us from
providing the demographics or whatever

1555
01:54:32,320 --> 01:54:38,320
the case may be for us to find provide
that additional information. Um so,

1556
01:54:36,040 --> 01:54:40,880
thank you, Ms. Brown, for being here and
Ms.

1557
01:54:39,440 --> 01:54:44,320
Hastings for raising that point. I
believe that Ms. Lemons raised that

1558
01:54:42,320 --> 01:54:48,720
point as well. And then, Mr. Parlette,
can we get a update?

1559
01:54:46,360 --> 01:54:52,920
Um I think some time ago there were
there was, rather, excuse me, an update

1560
01:54:50,280 --> 01:54:57,880
provided on GDRC the pool, and I know
there was the process of making sure

1561
01:54:54,920 --> 01:55:02,520
that we went through the state
um for the the actual permitting or or

1562
01:55:00,800 --> 01:55:06,600
license, if you will, just so we can
find an update to see where we are in

1563
01:55:04,560 --> 01:55:12,720
that. And I'm I'm glad to see that a
number of families are utilizing the the

1564
01:55:10,120 --> 01:55:15,040
the recreation center at Princeton.
And thank [snorts] you, Ms. Hastings,

1565
01:55:13,800 --> 01:55:20,200
for uplifting the staff and the work
that is being done there. Mr. Kline, Mr.

1566
01:55:18,760 --> 01:55:23,800
Keller,
and sir, I apologize I didn't catch your

1567
01:55:21,720 --> 01:55:26,960
last name, Mr. Beal. Thank you for
raising those points. My colleagues have

1568
01:55:25,200 --> 01:55:32,720
already raised. I don't want to beat a
dead horse, but note that there is a HR

1569
01:55:30,640 --> 01:55:36,080
or a task, if you will, for us to do
some additional

1570
01:55:34,200 --> 01:55:40,640
review and to have conversations with
our civil civil engineering. And so, the

1571
01:55:39,080 --> 01:55:45,000
administration will be working with the
commission as a whole so that we can

1572
01:55:43,040 --> 01:55:49,120
have an assessment or review because
you're absolutely right. I remember just

1573
01:55:46,800 --> 01:55:54,840
what was it? Maybe even last year, 2
years ago, there were there was, rather,

1574
01:55:52,440 --> 01:55:58,880
an unfortunate incident that took place
right outside of Commissioner

1575
01:55:56,120 --> 01:56:03,360
Fairchild's home. A young lady
passed. I believe she

1576
01:56:01,440 --> 01:56:10,160
lost control of the vehicle and and and
struck a a tree. So, we do know that the

1577
01:56:06,920 --> 01:56:15,920
the issues of a speeding
and reckless driving is is, in fact, a

1578
01:56:13,000 --> 01:56:21,040
issue, not just in on Cornell or
Catawba, but throughout the city of

1579
01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:24,840
Dayton. And unfortunately,
it is across the country. So, I hope

1580
01:56:23,760 --> 01:56:27,680
that there is some other various
different things that we can review and

1581
01:56:26,160 --> 01:56:30,360
find ways for us to address those
issues.

1582
01:56:29,000 --> 01:56:36,640
A couple of other things and then we're
going to wrap up. The 3320 West Second

1583
01:56:34,560 --> 01:56:40,840
and Delphos. Thank you to all of the
community members for bringing this

1584
01:56:38,760 --> 01:56:45,240
issue to our attention. This was brought
to my attention sometime ago, back in

1585
01:56:42,760 --> 01:56:51,200
2324.
And so, I really want to thank the

1586
01:56:48,560 --> 01:56:54,920
staff. Thank you very much, Ms. Lofton,
for really tracking that down, as well

1587
01:56:53,400 --> 01:57:01,480
as Mr. Richie, the Public Works
Department, uh Mr. Gondola, the entire

1588
01:56:58,520 --> 01:57:05,760
uh P&D staff. Uh we were able to get
over there and this has been a problem

1589
01:57:03,480 --> 01:57:11,400
area for over two decades. And so, I'm
really appreciative of the of the staff

1590
01:57:08,960 --> 01:57:15,840
um and us really pushing that forward
and noting that um the concerns were

1591
01:57:13,320 --> 01:57:20,920
heard from the public. We did in fact
walk the area

1592
01:57:17,680 --> 01:57:25,520
um back in I believe it was June. Um and
Mr. Mr. Ken Woods

1593
01:57:23,040 --> 01:57:29,520
um vehemently raised this concern and
and so, I'm I'm very uh grateful and

1594
01:57:28,160 --> 01:57:34,200
appreciative of the staff that we were
able to mitigate and remove uh that that

1595
01:57:32,240 --> 01:57:38,640
debris itself. There are two other
concerns that are there. We also have uh

1596
01:57:36,800 --> 01:57:44,240
an unfortunate burnout that is right
next to the uh West uh Side Day Inn

1597
01:57:42,000 --> 01:57:49,200
Club. And I know that they have been has
been an issue for uh that club for some

1598
01:57:45,920 --> 01:57:52,880
time. So, I my hope is that we can um
address those concerns on uh the

1599
01:57:50,800 --> 01:57:57,520
additional concerns on West Second and
Third Street and excuse me, on Delphas.

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01:57:55,040 --> 01:58:02,360
Well, there's some exciting news that
was announced last week in regards to a

1601
01:58:00,280 --> 01:58:05,880
site um some great work of our
sustainability office and work that

1602
01:58:04,440 --> 01:58:08,840
they're doing. So, we look forward to
that more more of that information that

1603
01:58:07,400 --> 01:58:13,640
will be coming down the pipeline. And
those are additional dollars that um the

1604
01:58:11,600 --> 01:58:17,280
city was awarded from the Attorney
General's Office. So, congratulations to

1605
01:58:15,640 --> 01:58:23,320
our sustainability office and I know
that their that work will be done on um

1606
01:58:19,880 --> 01:58:27,800
on on Delphas to mitigate some of the uh
the other sites that are of concern. Um

1607
01:58:26,200 --> 01:58:32,720
again, I I really want to thank my
colleagues um and us working together on

1608
01:58:30,120 --> 01:58:37,000
the resolution for the the million
dollars and the commitment that was

1609
01:58:33,920 --> 01:58:40,280
made. Um there were comments in
reference to

1610
01:58:38,760 --> 01:58:46,520
the flight plan.
Um so, the letters uh the invitation

1611
01:58:43,560 --> 01:58:50,520
letters have went out to all of the of
the interested parties. There were a lot

1612
01:58:48,120 --> 01:58:55,840
of interest. And so, with that, uh the
work will start later on this month. We

1613
01:58:53,440 --> 01:59:00,360
will be hosting a orientation.
Um so we hope and it will be in the

1614
01:58:57,360 --> 01:59:04,720
evening. More details will come with the
the date and the time and the location,

1615
01:59:02,080 --> 01:59:08,320
but it's an opportunity for us to uh
again to do the the work of the flight

1616
01:59:06,760 --> 01:59:11,920
plan and I'm very excited about that
work. So with no further business to

1617
01:59:10,280 --> 01:59:14,840
come before the commission, this meeting
is now adjourned.