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[0:03] Good evening. I'd like to call to order the U.S. City Council meeting for Monday, September 21st, 2026, if able to please rise for the pledge of allegiance.
[0:13] I call to allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, which is a very violent, religious stance.
[0:20] One nation, on the back, in the result of the liberty and justice law.
[0:28] Also, a clear please call the roll.
[0:33] Tanner.
[0:35] Here.
[0:35] Tilt in.
[0:36] Gresham.
[0:38] Cascar.
[0:38] Here.
[0:40] What's hella?
[0:41] Here.
[0:41] Dibeck.
[0:43] Hile.
[0:44] Jaros.
[0:45] Here.
[0:45] Moshtrix.
[0:46] He's causing a diebeck.
[0:47] Moshing by.
[0:48] Cascar.
[0:48] Second by.
[0:49] Had him on the favor.
[0:51] And he opposed seeing none.
[0:55] Don't see any communication.
[0:56] So we'll move to council minutes.
[1:01] Excuse me.
[1:01] What's hella?
[1:02] I'd like to make a motion to prove this in the council minutes from September 8, 2026.
[1:07] Have a motion, do I have a second, second by Hile?
[1:10] All in favor?
[1:12] Any opposed?
[1:14] Seeing none.
[1:15] We'll now move to administration reports and communications.
[1:18] I think council president could evening members of council on those joining us.
[1:22] A couple of thank yous to start off with.
[1:24] I'd like to thank the short cultural center board and volunteers as well as the downtown Euclid Improvement Corporation.
[1:31] board and volunteers and the sponsors for putting on two successful events this past Saturday.
[1:38] I hope you all had a chance to join the Art Walk and the Steam Fest.
[1:42] Good, even despite the rain, I think they moved inside both inside and outside and had a successful
[1:49] event.
[1:49] So I want to thank everyone who helped make that happen.
[1:52] Thank you to the Heritage Park Association for inviting me to their summer fest.
[1:57] That was a great way to connect with some neighbors over there.
[2:00] And congratulations to Eucod Heat Treating, who celebrated their 80th anniversary last week.
[2:06] They had a couple of food trucks and different activities at their facility and offered
[2:12] some tours.
[2:13] So, Director Rogan Meyers and I had a chance to tour their facility and wish them well
[2:18] on 80 years.
[2:19] There are a wonderful Eucod story who started with one house doing heat treating and
[2:24] and the conference in industrial applications and have grown to, I think, four buildings now,
[2:31] and a great example of growth and innovation here in the city of Euclid, so congratulations
[2:36] to the Euclid Heat Treating Family. And lastly, from me, I would like to invite everyone
[2:41] to join a superintendent, Karen Brown, and myself, Karen, is here. Thank you for joining us tonight
[2:46] at the Euclid Chamber of Commerce Community Leaders Breakfast that will take place October 6th,
[2:53] A-30 AM at Lincoln Electric, the Welding Technology Training Center.
[2:58] It is a ticketed event so you can get tickets through the Chamber of Commerce website
[3:02] and come here updates on both the city and the schools.
[3:06] And with that, I'll turn to Director Stevens.
[3:09] Thank you, Mayor. Mr. Chair, to council and to the residents.
[3:12] The Euclid Recreation Department will be offering a learn to skate and learn to play hockey for free.
[3:20] You must free register first.
[3:22] Please go to the website for information.
[3:27] Also learn to play hockey starts this Saturday and learn to skate lessons will start a week from tomorrow.
[3:35] Today we started Zumba and Tony at the Euclid Recreation and Wellness Center for seniors.
[3:41] It was a quite lively class, and you can still register for that class as well.
[3:47] There's space left in the free balance assessments by NovaCare next week.
[3:52] Online registration is required, and lastly, we've partnered with one of our local pharmacies
[4:01] and they will be offering a vaccine clinic during the month of October at the recreation
[4:07] and wellness center. Also, just a reminder to residents, Monday through Friday, opening out
[4:14] our hours of operation, our 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. and on the weekend from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
[4:22] Thank you. Thank you, Director Stephens, Chief Meyer.
[4:26] Thank you, Mayor. Council President, members of council.
[4:29] Members of the audience, just two announcements.
[4:34] Looks like tomorrow. Tuesday, September 22nd, noon to 1 p.m.
[4:39] At Skinny's Barond Rail, we will be hosting an event for Operation Lightsaber, National Rail Safety Campaign,
[4:47] and we again will be participating with Skinny's Barond Rail, what better location.
[4:51] To share a rail safety cards with lunch patrons helping reinforce safe habits and strengthen community engagement around rail grade
[4:58] safety and crossing awareness, it is an important topic. There are a lot of people who are needlessly
[5:05] killed every year at these crossings, many taking unnecessary risks in trying to beat trains
[5:15] and many of the times those end with very catastrophic results.
[5:22] And additionally, we'll have lunch with law enforcement, that's Wednesday, September 30th.
[5:26] That's noon to one 30 p.m. and that's at Maria's Family Restaurant.
[5:29] I'd like to revolve our, there'll be lunch with law enforcement officers, residents.
[5:33] We'll be in a relaxed welcoming space, connect with the police officers, share concerns, and
[5:38] build stronger community relationships.
[5:40] We hope many of you will join our officers for the lunch, and that's it.
[5:43] Thank you, Mayor.
[5:44] Thank you, Chief.
[5:45] And that completes our report this evening.
[5:47] Thank you.
[5:48] Now move on to committee documentation.
[5:51] We have documentation from the Business Development City Planning and Housing Committee from
[5:58] that meeting.
[5:58] It took place on September 2nd.
[6:00] So I will now go to War 4 Councilman, Greg Kosker.
[6:05] Thank you, Chair.
[6:08] The committee's name is the business development city planning and housing committee.
[6:14] I am the Chair, Councilman Kosker.
[6:16] The data the meeting, as mentioned, was nine, two, 20, 20, 26.
[6:23] The meeting agenda items discussion of legislation 092-26 referred to count.
[6:30] referred to committee by Council on 817-2026, and housing and property compliance, exploring opportunities for improved coordination and follow-up.
[6:41] Administration staff present, Director Patrick Grogan Myers, Director Patrick Kuni, Assistant to the Mayor, Crystal Greta, committee members present, Richard Tolton, Dante Gresham, Tara Hanam, and Dana Highl, guests, dash presenters,
[6:58] Mary Ann Dyback, John Wattilla, Wallace Tanner, and Chris Jaros.
[7:04] Issues discussed legislation 092-26, distribution of and sale of vaping slash e-sigret
[7:13] products and concerning smoke and shape-box, concerning smoke and vape shops.
[7:20] Was discussed, this legislation would define the terms of these shops and add them as
[7:26] and you four and you five commercial districts with
[7:30] In the city, it would also place additional regulations on where these shops would be allowed to exist. This legislation was referred back to council with no recommendation.
[7:40] Also, disgust was the structure of the building and housing department and existing processes and timelines.
[7:47] Discussion include violations not being addressed on going violations.
[7:50] Community communications from building and housing to council when violations are sent in,
[7:56] adding inspectors,
[7:58] dedicating new sense inspectors to specific violations and or areas,
[8:04] and potentially getting a director for the department and a potential revision of the department.
[8:09] A Google Sheets document was requested by the building and
[8:12] requested of building and housing by council in order to track violations.
[8:17] This is a continuing conversation and more meetings will be forthcoming.
[8:24] And then, actions taken, we moved legislation 092-26, back to council with no recommendation.
[8:35] That's all.
[8:35] Thank you.
[8:36] Thank you.
[8:37] Board of Control minutes, Councilor Tillard.
[8:40] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[8:41] I'd like to make a motion to approve the Business Development City Planning and Housing
[8:45] committee summary from September 2nd, 2026, along with the Board of Control Minutes from August 31st
[8:51] in September 8th, 2026.
[8:53] Yeah, I'm a motion.
[8:53] I have a second.
[8:54] I'm going to buy a hyle.
[8:56] All in favor?
[8:57] Any opposed?
[8:58] Seeing none.
[9:00] Thank you.
[9:02] Council will now go to committee of the whole where we encourage public participation specifically
[9:08] for anything on the current agenda or for the good of our community.
[9:12] You must address counsel as a whole or administration as a whole.
[9:17] Speaking for or against a political issue or candidate is prohibited and you will be called out of order.
[9:22] Person speaking must remain calm, courteous and plated all times, you're speccing the decorum of the meeting,
[9:27] vulgar or file language and public remarks tending to embarrass or humiliate or which our personal and nature will be called out of order.
[9:34] Questions asked about legislation on the agenda will be addressed when the legislation is discussed.
[9:39] Pearl High revised code 121 by 32, no person shall distribute any means of printed or
[9:46] copied materials within Council Chambers before or during Council meetings.
[9:51] You will have five minutes to speak, please state your name and address.
[9:54] If you are a cult out of order, you must immediately stop speaking or risk being removed.
[9:58] Thank you and with that we'll now move on.
[10:02] Christopher Michael, the 21st, LIT, W-I-N, O-W-I-C-Z.
[10:09] Doing business in the state of Ohio is wild distribution LLC.
[10:14] Doing business in the international world of the music business is wild child for over 35 years.
[10:27] The same in exhibit, chief.
[10:30] This was your Facebook.
[10:35] Whoever's running it just bought my show.
[10:38] What's talk about it later? You got paperwork.
[10:41] Yeah, you can't work.
[10:42] Point of order, you can't.
[10:43] You have to dress either in the administration as a whole or a council
[10:46] as an individual.
[10:47] Council.
[10:49] In a whole, your police officers have a phone.
[10:55] It's really called telecommunication harassment.
[10:59] What you're going to do about it?
[11:01] How can I ask council to do something about it
[11:04] when you only have four items?
[11:07] on the agenda. It seems like that agenda don't work. When are we ever going to see the
[11:16] laws get tightened by the City Council? City Council, now you're facing someone to testify
[11:29] under oath as expertly witness.
[11:37] One council member says, I'm council.
[11:42] Now I'm
[11:43] served with disorderly conduct.
[11:47] I'm a lawyer.
[11:53] Oh yeah, I'm a lawyer. I'm about to
[11:55] get that teenager that's in the Juvi out. I just want my car. Council, you get
[12:01] robbed and now your car is illegally searched this season. Council, don't you know
[12:07] There's a robbery that always happens in Indian Hills.
[12:11] Any of those cars have to come back to the police department.
[12:15] Council,
[12:21] Council,
[12:24] someone who don't listen.
[12:26] Council,
[12:30] I always be smarted in you.
[12:32] Council,
[12:35] you're going to have a meeting at the Public Library Council,
[12:38] but you have it made for a rent, Council.
[12:42] There's a lot of stuff being thrown out in this community Council.
[12:45] And I am doing this to be funny council, because I am the only one council that does permits
[12:52] and get them approved council, not even your MDA drive council,
[13:02] but I am terrible kid now,
[13:04] 1993 council, you are living on what I did council,
[13:13] so who is going to sponsor the price
[13:15] gasoline counsel, the price of rents counsel, even the price of salary counsel. That's the
[13:24] obstruction. Council. I guess not to get out of quarter. I got to say how many councils. Then
[13:31] I got to have this community laugh at me on TV council.
[13:37] Take my kindness from my weakness
[13:39] counsel. Copyright me counsel. You know, this is out of hand. I want to call myself out
[13:46] order council.
[13:49] You know, I'm not the Joe Council, the jokes right here, council, because there
[13:56] is issues that should have been voted on council. And all this libel and slander and
[14:02] deformation at character, a council, go ask the library director council, which officer
[14:11] does not care.
[14:17] I'm on your side chief, but I can't counsel. I have to address the issues
[14:25] because I've got cops, counsel, that think a car is just theirs. And counsel, I'm trying
[14:34] to educate even to a judge's post. Everybody's on Facebook, me counsel, if you don't like
[14:43] take me off, because it feels like I've sent you something or give a message, and now I'm
[14:49] being summons, almost like violation of civil rights counsel,
[14:56] any recordings of Squash Council.
[15:00] This is only conduct. I'm right here, council. Thank you.
[15:06] And there are five agenda items this evening.
[15:12] Next speaker, please.
[15:17] My name is Scott. Scott called Will.
[15:21] My address is 410 is 245th Street.
[15:24] Also, the director of Frederick Douglass High School,
[15:27] located in Eucleau, Ohio, just a couple of things.
[15:31] I want to mirror what the mayor said.
[15:37] The art walk in the steam fest was a huge success.
[15:40] So I really enjoyed my time there.
[15:43] So kudos to the individuals that set up those two great events.
[15:53] Secondly, if you didn't know the Ohio State report card came out, I know we like to talk
[16:00] about the schools and their report card grade, so I'm going to just talk about Frederick
[16:06] Douglas High School's report card grade and we exceed at standards.
[16:11] Okay, so that is equivalent to a 4.5 stars by the state.
[16:18] There's schools in the area that just met the standards,
[16:23] but Frederick Douglass High School exceeded those standards.
[16:27] So we, you know, produce more with less.
[16:31] So I'm very proud of my school.
[16:32] I'm very proud of my students, my staff,
[16:35] my school community.
[16:37] We're doing a great job in Euclid despite what a lot of people say.
[16:42] So I appreciate their hard work and dedication.
[16:48] And other than that, thank you for your time.
[16:51] Thank you.
[16:52] Next speaker, please.
[17:00] Good evening.
[17:01] Mayor Holdtimer, chairman, gyros, members of the council and everyone here tonight.
[17:08] And watching from home, thank you for the time.
[17:11] For those of you who haven't had a chance to meet me yet, I'm Karen Brown.
[17:14] I am the New Superintendent of Euclid Schools and it is my honor to be here with you to talk a little bit about what we are working on.
[17:25] I want the Euclid community to know that I am here to listen, that our students and families are your neighbors, your coworkers, your friends, and I'm committed to the success of our students and their families.
[17:40] In fact, earlier today, my team and I had a chance to sit down with the mayor, with Crystal
[17:46] Greta, with members of our police force, with the director of the Library and members
[17:51] of her team to talk about some of our shared challenges.
[17:55] We left that meeting with new ideas about ways that we can work together to support each
[18:00] other and to consistent messages to our students and families.
[18:04] I'm looking forward to more of that type of collaboration and problem-solving as I continue in this role.
[18:12] Our district focused this year is on impact and the difference that we can make in the lives of our students each and every day.
[18:21] But we know that we can't do that work alone.
[18:24] The city and the schools serve the same customers and when one of us succeeds so does the other.
[18:31] So, that's why my team and I are here tonight.
[18:35] We look forward to strengthening our partnership with the city
[18:38] and hope that every resident will see the schools as their own.
[18:43] My doors open and I'd love to hear from you
[18:47] and I thank you for your time.
[18:49] Thank you.
[18:51] Next speaker, please.
[18:59] Good evening, council and mayor.
[19:01] My name is Joel Barrett and I'm at 110 East to a Night Street.
[19:05] And tonight, I'm just coming to talk to you on behalf of the friends of Kayahoga D.D.
[19:11] I have come before to talk to you about the Kayahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
[19:16] So tonight, I just want to talk briefly about the thousands of county residents that rely on the vital services provided by the Board of Developmental Disabilities.
[19:26] And these services are the difference between a person living with dignity and independence in the community and a person left without the support they need.
[19:34] Critical services include safe and stable housing for residents with developmental disabilities.
[19:40] Personal in-home care to assist individuals with disabilities with transportation, cooking, hygiene, shopping.
[19:48] Physical, occupational, and speech therapy to help people develop skills to be more independent.
[19:54] And employment assistance to help people with developmental disabilities find and keep meaningful jobs and volunteer opportunities in our community.
[20:02] There are growing diagnoses of conditions like autism, shrinking state and federal support
[20:08] and increasing mandates.
[20:10] These services and the neighbors who depend on them are at risk.
[20:14] Kaya Hugga County Board of Developmental Disability has been a responsible steward of taxpayer
[20:19] dollars for the past 21 years, and the last time that Kaya Hugga Board of Developmental
[20:24] Disabilities was on a ballot was in 2005.
[20:28] At that time, they promised voters that funding would last for 10 years and it's been 21 years.
[20:35] They've done more with less for longer because that's what our community deserves, but at that time they reached a breaking point.
[20:43] Without the support, therapy for infants and children that helped meet developmental milestones may be at risk.
[20:49] Employment programs that help people contribute to the community may also be at risk.
[20:55] And personal care is at risk to help people stay in their own homes.
[21:00] The City of Euclid has over 500 people with developmental disabilities that we serve living in the community.
[21:06] And we are very proud, Kai Hoga-Dee, to help be a partner with Euclid.
[21:10] In 2026, this year, we have helped give $10,000 in grant money to for access for a
[21:17] Mavic Park to make that more of an inclusive space and we're very proud of that partnership.
[21:22] And we've also helped with the UFLit Library.
[21:25] In 2022, we provided some funding for a library facilitated program in 2024.
[21:32] We helped to fund the universal changing table, which has just been instrumental in helping people
[21:38] who are not able to use the toilet independently, have more dignity and for adults to be able
[21:45] to have access to those facilities.
[21:48] And then in 2026, the kind of Kaihada County Board, its developmental abilities helped the
[21:53] library with entrances and exits for accessibility.
[21:57] So we have been a strong partner, and I just thank you for listening this evening, and I hope
[22:02] you have a very good evening.
[22:04] Thank you.
[22:04] Thank you.
[22:06] Any other comments from residents or anybody in the audience?
[22:13] Thank you everyone.
[22:15] We'll now move on to our legislative agenda for this evening.
[22:18] Council Clerk, please read the first agenda item into the record.
[22:21] Third reading of ordinance 087-26.
[22:26] in ordnance to amend Section 1 of
[22:30] Audence number 2812, as amended, in the map and map designations, which map and map designations as amended form a part of ordinance number 2812, as it relates to and designates a U2 residential and U3 multi-family residential use districts relative to a parcel identified as VL,
[22:57] the Lakeshore Boulevard, Eucodohio, 414123, and permanent parcel number 644-07002.
[23:08] Thank you, Motion 4.
[23:09] Approval to begin the discussion, motion by Tanner, seconded by Toulton, All in Favor.
[23:15] Thank you to the administration.
[23:17] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[23:18] Good evening.
[23:18] Good evening, Council.
[23:19] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
[23:21] Well, this legislation deals with the rezoning of a residential U2Lat and to a multi-family
[23:29] residential use district.
[23:31] It is adjacent to a current U3 multi-family residential property.
[23:39] The owner of the property is adding this LAT, the U2 residential LAT to expand its parking.
[23:46] There will not be any construction of the apartment complex or anything else.
[23:57] It's just to add additional space for parking.
[24:03] This area was subject to a litigation, which Council was approval litigation.
[24:13] That said, I'm sorry, the settlement of the litigation and part of the settlement terms involved.
[24:19] The rezoning of this lot, we are asking for Council's approval for, you know, the normal process we do go through.
[24:29] And rezoning parcels and to be consistent in the future when dealing with these type of situations.
[24:38] I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have.
[24:41] Thank you.
[24:42] Yes, and this was discussed with an executive session.
[24:45] So any questions, comments, concerns from members of council?
[24:51] Okay, seeing none, motion close to big.
[24:53] Motion by Gresham, second by Kaskir, fallen favor.
[24:57] You, Kaskir Clerk, please call the roll
[24:59] on the merits of this ordinance.
[25:01] Toulton.
[25:03] Yes.
[25:04] Gresham?
[25:05] Yes.
[25:06] Kaskir.
[25:06] Yes.
[25:07] Annam?
[25:08] Yes.
[25:08] What's hella?
[25:09] Yes.
[25:09] Ile, yes, Tanner.
[25:13] Yes.
[25:14] Jaros.
[25:14] Yes.
[25:15] Ordnance passes.
[25:17] Thank you.
[25:18] Council Clerk, please read the second agenda item at the record.
[25:21] Third reading of ordinance 092-26 and ordinance amending section 1359.03B25 permitted uses.
[25:34] 1359.04, definitions of specific uses, and 1359.06 regulations for specific uses of chapter 1359,
[25:50] you four, you five, and you six, business and industrial districts of the planning and zoning
[25:58] code of the codified ordinances of the city of Euglid to make amendments associated with
[26:04] distribution of sale of vape, e-cigarette products, and concerning smoke and vape shops.
[26:14] Thank you, Motion for Approval to begin the discussion. Motion by head. I'm seconded by
[26:19] Tanner. All in favor. Thank you to administration. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good evening, Council.
[26:25] As a reminder, this is a proposed set of code amendments that now would specifically enumerate vape shops
[26:33] and smoke shops in the table of permitted uses and included as a conditionally permitted
[26:38] use in the U4 and U5 districts, it includes the definitions of specific items and defining
[26:48] what a vape and our smoke shop are in our zoning code.
[26:51] These are definitions that did not previously exist in our code.
[26:55] And finally, it adds regulations for specific uses, namely buffer requirements between a proposed
[27:02] vapor smoke shop and other vapor smoke shops as well as a number of other enumerated uses
[27:07] in Section 1359.06 as Councilman Cowsgriff detailed in his committee report.
[27:15] This was heard in committee on September 2.
[27:18] Thank you very much for a very lively detailed discussion around the proposed set of regulations.
[27:23] I think this is the mark of good regulation in the conversation that came back and forth between
[27:30] the administration in council, and I think this represents a good path forward as we continue
[27:35] to seek to create a vibrant community and vibrant commercial districts.
[27:39] Happy to answer any questions.
[27:41] Thank you.
[27:42] Any questions from members of council?
[27:44] Council.
[27:47] Thank you, Mr. President.
[27:50] To the Director, Groger Mire, or even to the low director.
[27:54] In our committee meeting, we had talked about there was a part of the name about 25 percent.
[28:01] the products of the store, you don't have to be vague products, we don't have that
[28:06] end issue, that be in this or no.
[28:10] Did you have a stretch?
[28:12] Mr. Chair, to the Councilman, let me, I certainly do see it.
[28:18] Should be under the definitions of
[28:27] the patterns we've been.
[28:32] I believe it is in subsection A8 principle, show me that alternative nicotine products,
[28:39] nicotine products, smoking perfonellia, vape juice, or any combination of their own constitute
[28:44] a minimum of 25% of the business's retail space.
[28:48] Okay, okay, I just missed it.
[28:51] Thank you.
[28:57] Thank you.
[28:57] Any other questions or comments on this?
[29:01] And again, this was discussed at length in a recent committee meeting.
[29:04] So, okay, with that motion to close the debate, motion by
[29:09] Coscriv, second and by, Hyl, I'll unfaith it.
[29:14] Thank you.
[29:14] Council Clerk, please call the roll on the merits of the
[29:16] soreness.
[29:18] Good.
[29:19] Yes.
[29:20] Coscriv?
[29:21] Yes.
[29:22] Hannah?
[29:23] Yes.
[29:23] With Hyl?
[29:24] Yes.
[29:26] Hannah?
[29:26] Yes.
[29:27] Toulton?
[29:28] Yes.
[29:29] And jars?
[29:30] Yes.
[29:30] ordinance passes.
[29:32] Please read the third agenda item into the record.
[29:36] First reading of ordinance 107-26.
[29:42] An ordinance to amend section 1 of ordinance number 2812.
[29:47] As amended and the map and map designations,
[29:51] which map and map designations as amended
[29:54] form a part of ordinance number 2812
[29:58] as it relates to
[30:00] New and designates a U-2 residential and U-4 local retail or wholesale use districts relative to a parcel identified as 365 east 200 street.
[30:15] You could Ohio 41419 and permanent parcel number 642-2203.
[30:24] Thank you.
[30:24] Motion for approval to begin the discussion.
[30:26] Motion by Adam, second by Tanner.
[30:29] All in favour?
[30:30] Thank you.
[30:32] Thank you, Mr. Chair.
[30:33] Council, this is a companion piece to the next agenda item as well.
[30:38] An application has been submitted to operate an adult activity center in the former
[30:44] system's bank building on East 200 Street at the corner of Westport and East 200th.
[30:50] In staff review of the proposed application, which will be the subject of the next piece
[30:54] of legislation, it was discovered that the parcel is split zone.
[30:59] So that means that the rear approximately half of the parcel is zone two residential district
[31:06] while the front half facing East 200 Street is zone two four.
[31:11] This is something that typically when an application comes through and staff identifies it.
[31:16] We recommend rezoning the entire parcel just to clarify for now and into the future.
[31:23] Any situations that may come up, it prevents further issues in the future.
[31:28] And so the subject of this legislation is proposing to rezoning the entire parcel to you for which is consistent with the Master Plan.
[31:35] This matter was considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission at its August 11th meeting and it gave a positive recommendation to City Council.
[31:43] Happy to answer any questions.
[31:45] And if I'm not mistaken, this must go through readings.
[31:48] Is that correct?
[31:48] Mr. Chair, there's correct.
[31:49] Okay, thank you.
[31:51] So we do have a couple more meetings before we would.
[31:55] Can vote on it?
[31:55] Is there any questions or comments between now in that?
[31:59] Council, Moatilla.
[32:01] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[32:02] On the interactive zoning map, it looks like the retail used to the north of it is also
[32:11] a zoned residential.
[32:13] Mr. Chair to the Council for those in that's correct, that was also identified during
[32:17] staff review.
[32:18] So there are a number of these type of inconsistencies that staff, you'll see over time periodic
[32:24] rezoning efforts and that would be one of the future consideration.
[32:28] Okay. And the depth of this lot across Westport, there's also a retail use, looks like
[32:40] that also doesn't go deep enough.
[32:44] Mr. Trigbert, how's your net is correct?
[32:46] Because, you know, looking at the zoning, the distinction between the U2 and U4, it's, this
[32:53] would go deeper, but in actuality it wouldn't, well, because on the South side of Westport,
[32:58] that retail use continues to a very similar depth
[33:02] as the subject properties.
[33:06] Okay, I just wanted to make good clarity on that.
[33:08] Thank you.
[33:10] Any other questions?
[33:14] Kosma Kosma.
[33:15] Thank you, Chair.
[33:18] Is the parcel owner present and all right?
[33:26] Would you be open to coming up to the podium
[33:29] and giving us a little background?
[33:33] Go ahead, hold on one second.
[33:35] That's what I was saying.
[33:37] No, that I believe her specific would be the next agenda item.
[33:41] Oh, we're just talking to Zoning of this.
[33:43] Oh, this is owning of it.
[33:45] Okay, five apologies.
[33:49] Thank you.
[33:49] So I see anything else?
[33:51] So most of the council would have had them.
[33:55] Thank you, Chair.
[33:56] I just wanted to double check because our fact sheets
[33:59] have this last rezone back in 1922. Is that when they split this lot into you for in YouTube?
[34:08] Director, Mr. Chair of the Councilperson, that's the best we can tell based on looking through
[34:15] a series of old non-digitized zoning maps dating back to the 70s and 60s. As far as we can tell
[34:23] was split zone dating back to the original zoning map.
[34:27] Okay. Thank you.
[34:31] All right. Motion, I closed the big. Motion by Tan, Tan, Tom. I'm sorry.
[34:36] I told the second by Wittil, all in favor.
[34:40] And I'll now look for emotions and send us to a second reading.
[34:44] Motion by Hannah, second by Gresham, all in favor.
[34:48] Any opposed? Seeing none.
[34:50] Councillor Clark, please call the roll and send us to a second reading.
[34:56] Yes.
[34:57] Yes.
[34:58] Yes.
[34:58] What's hella?
[35:00] Hile?
[35:01] Tana?
[35:03] Yes.
[35:04] Yes.
[35:04] Yes.
[35:08] Motion to send to a second reading has passed.
[35:10] Thank you.
[35:11] Consequently, please read the 4th agenda item into the record.
[35:15] Resolution 108-26.
[35:19] Resolution granting a conditional youth permit.
[35:22] Pursuant to Section 1359.03-D-4 of the codified ordinances of the city of Euclid to Theresa King on behalf of Group 120 LLC to operate an adult care activity center at 365 East 200 Street, a U-4 local or retail wholesale district.
[35:48] permanent parcel, 642, 2, 2, 0, 1, 3.
[35:55] Thank you.
[35:56] Motion for approval to begin the discussion.
[35:59] By motion of Ohio.
[35:59] Second, my head, I'm all in favor.
[36:02] Thank you to administration.
[36:04] Thank you, Mr. Chair.
[36:05] As this is the companion piece.
[36:07] This is the subject of the conditional use approval to operate the adult care activity center.
[36:12] Ms. King is here this evening as well to be able to talk through the specifics of the proposal.
[36:17] But know that this has been considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission at its August 11th meeting.
[36:22] I'm giving a positive recommendation to you after its review.
[36:26] But I want to be sure to note that subject to your approval this evening,
[36:31] I still requires review by the city's building official and fire prevention bureau
[36:35] as is the case with any of these type of conditional use approvals.
[36:40] So this is not done and dusted. It needs to go on then to building and fire review as well.
[36:46] Thank you.
[36:49] Councilman Cowsworth, this is in Ward 4, so any.
[36:55] Thank you, Chair.
[36:56] If the.
[36:59] Yeah.
[37:00] So.
[37:00] Can I make a motion to suspend the rules and ask the parcel owner?
[37:06] Yes.
[37:06] So I have a motion to suspend the rules and invite the parcel owner up.
[37:10] I have a motion by Cowsworth, second by Tanner, all in favor.
[37:14] Any opposed?
[37:15] saying, no, no. Thank you. If you don't mind, if you could just come up to the microphone,
[37:19] name an address, and get some questions from folks on council.
[37:30] All right, everyone, my name is Theresa King.
[37:34] Yes, this one. Can you hear me?
[37:37] Yeah, we got you.
[37:39] Like what we over here like this.
[37:42] Okay, my name is Theresa King.
[37:48] I reside, I was residing, you little hyle, and I moved to Lake County.
[37:57] but I'm stuck in you glit. I like you glit. My daughter do go to
[38:04] you glit high school. I went to school for nursing assistant back in
[38:10] who like 1996. I started taking care of people. I would take care of people
[38:15] all my life. That's the passion for me. So currently right now we run a
[38:26] and empty for the past couple years.
[38:28] So I said, okay, well, I'm a buy-in-pat building.
[38:30] So I went, I bought the building because I wanted to expand.
[38:33] I wanted to grow.
[38:34] I wanted to accept clients that that's in wheelchairs.
[38:40] Instead of just taking the population that walks.
[38:43] So currently, right now, we do run a dog day center.
[38:46] We take them on outings, we go to the zoo, we go to the movies,
[38:50] we go bowling, we go out the eat, we stay at Calahari,
[38:53] We went camping out there and this is about an hour away.
[39:01] At debate, what does it call the big frog?
[39:04] We went out there, we went camping.
[39:07] They do have movie days.
[39:09] We do provide service for them.
[39:11] We do hygiene.
[39:12] We do shower.
[39:13] We do medication administration for them.
[39:17] We treat them like how we treat ourselves and how we treat our kids.
[39:21] every day, I was at work today, taking care of them, every day, I work with them, every single day.
[39:27] Every single day. It's a passion for me. It's not just a job, it's something that I do.
[39:33] They is important to me and we are important to them and they rely on us to help them get through the day,
[39:40] because they can't do everything by themselves. So, this is my life. This is what I do. I'm a continued
[39:48] to do it. It's a passion for me. I'll kind of nervous because I never had to speak your
[39:53] front of so many people.
[39:55] Oh, you're doing great.
[39:58] I just wanted to have something to call our own, instead of just constantly paying rent to
[40:05] somebody. So that way I could fix the building the way I want to fix the building somewhere
[40:09] down the line, put a gazebo in the back, put some picnic tables back there for them, barbecue
[40:15] for them, so they can, you know, barbeque, you know, just do different things with them.
[40:24] Thank you.
[40:25] Oh, God, Council, Council, my coscraft, did you have questions?
[40:32] No specific questions at the moment, just, you know, wanted, wanted a brief overview to get
[40:38] an idea.
[40:40] Or, you know, actually, you mentioned, you do have, you currently have an adult daycare
[40:44] center.
[40:45] Yes.
[40:45] that locate it.
[40:47] Where's my height, Ohio?
[40:52] Councilman Hannah.
[40:54] Thank you, Chair.
[40:55] Thank you, Ms. King.
[40:57] Can you tell me more about what an adult activity center is and who your client
[41:02] tell are?
[41:03] We served a population of D.D., the K.O.O. county devoted disabilities, and the adult
[41:10] day center is a place where they go to get out the house, so they don't have to be stuck
[41:14] in the house.
[41:14] They rely on us to take them out into the community,
[41:17] to take them to activities, to keep them,
[41:21] you know what's in that community,
[41:22] to keep them active, you know,
[41:24] we take them to the mall, we take them to Walmart,
[41:27] we take them to the zoo, we just take them out
[41:30] in the community so they could be involved
[41:32] so they could be a part of the community.
[41:35] They want to do things just like how we do things.
[41:39] They like to go out the eat, they like to go bowling,
[41:41] they like to go to the movies,
[41:42] they look forward to these things.
[41:49] One second, councilmember, councilmember.
[41:51] How do you feel?
[41:52] One other question.
[41:54] How many people will you be serving at the site?
[41:58] I have to see what they give me the occupancy permit for,
[42:02] maybe 30, maybe 35, I don't, however,
[42:07] how many do you build in the cold?
[42:14] Councilman told me.
[42:18] Thank you, Mr. Chair.
[42:20] Thank you for coming this evening.
[42:21] Thank you.
[42:21] You said you were nervous, but you said you were in a great job.
[42:23] So you're good, you're good, you're good, so you just reiterate, you said you're renting
[42:31] enrichment, but you're purchasing here and you go.
[42:34] I already purchased the building.
[42:36] Okay.
[42:36] It's just a building back in May.
[42:38] Okay.
[42:39] And that's, so you said you're expanding, we like to expand, so currently you have 30 clients.
[42:46] No, we don't have 30 clients into the activity center.
[42:49] We don't have it, but by us, by me purchased in the building, it's bigger and we can try to expand.
[42:57] Okay, so how many clients do you have currently?
[42:59] We have eight up there.
[43:00] Yeah, eight, okay.
[43:01] How many employees do you have?
[43:02] Oh, like 20, about 28, about 28.
[43:06] Okay.
[43:06] Because we serve as homes.
[43:08] Okay, so how many would be just in the facility?
[43:14] To about the consumers?
[43:15] Employees.
[43:16] It depends on how many in here because you could have one staff to seven customers.
[43:23] Okay.
[43:25] Okay.
[43:26] And these are what is a DD client, so whatever it's okay.
[43:35] And I'm not, like I said, I understand.
[43:37] I just have some questions and into the administration.
[43:39] I definitely understand you wanting to do that.
[43:42] What you're doing is it's a passion for you as you stated and it's well-needed.
[43:47] The only issue I have is the proliferation of adult and child care centers.
[43:56] So this question is to maybe Director Groger Mire, a few months back we asked for study
[44:02] of daycare as an adult daycare as it all that kind of stuff.
[44:06] Where do we stand with that?
[44:09] Mr. Chair of the Councilman, we are currently working on that.
[44:12] I appreciate Councilman Haio Ford along some information, as well as the fire department.
[44:17] We expect to have a draft memo to be able to share the council around the end of the month
[44:20] before you know next month.
[44:23] And in my little research, and I don't know if you have the numbers at front of you, I believe
[44:27] we have at least seven Del Dake Cares in the city currently.
[44:31] Mr. Chair, I do not have that information for me.
[44:33] Okay.
[44:36] Yeah, I would just like to see that.
[44:38] before we move forward, we're providing any other, that's just, that's me. I really want to
[44:43] see that study because I, you know, especially for you as a business person, I would
[44:48] want to see you succeed and not put your center somewhere with as a thousand other
[44:53] set I'm exaggerating, but a number of other centers and then maybe you don't, you don't
[44:57] succeed very well in that location.
[45:22] I don't think I would be setting myself up for failure because I would take care of people for years. I know what they like. I don't think I would be setting myself up for failure because I would take care of people for years.
[45:29] know what they want to do is about keeping them happy, it's about making them happy.
[45:35] And I definitely get that, I just think as a city we have to be concerned too, that we
[45:40] don't over saturate ourselves with one type of business or something within a certain
[45:46] location.
[45:47] So I want to make sure again that we're not over saturating ourselves with giving you opportunity
[45:51] to succeed.
[45:52] I mean, even though you say instead of people that come with you, I'm starting to
[45:57] but I told you I understand what you say,
[45:58] but they have multiple other saying businesses
[46:00] in the city of Eucalyte.
[46:02] But that's my point, that's my point.
[46:03] I understand what you say, but nobody is in competition with each other.
[46:08] It's nobody out there is in competition.
[46:11] Okay, yeah, but okay, I get you point.
[46:13] I get you point, but thank you, thank you.
[46:15] Thank you.
[46:16] Ms. King, when you purchased a property,
[46:18] yes, I did.
[46:19] I know, when you did,
[46:22] were you made aware that it's not zone for what you want to do?
[46:26] what I did not know it was in Zones. So when I went to the first hearing, that's when
[46:31] he told me it was two Zones in on here. So when I did the application, I went to
[46:35] the first hearing, she said to get a Zones under one Zones. And then moved forward. So
[46:42] that's what I did. I applied for the other Zones to be abandoned to one Zones.
[46:47] Right, but even that zoning is because technically what you're here for is to get a conditional use permit to run a business that that property is not zone four.
[47:03] That's kind of what we're discussing.
[47:06] I don't know, Councilman, what tell you ahead a question.
[47:09] Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[47:12] If this were the past, do you anticipate any building or site improvements needed?
[47:17] No, everything will be really the same.
[47:20] All the cubicles, a lot of cubicles will be broken down into different areas.
[47:24] You have a computer area.
[47:26] You've got your library area.
[47:28] You've got your activity area.
[47:32] They like a lot of them like the walk.
[47:35] They like the walk.
[47:36] It's like a comfort thing for them.
[47:38] So then you have your TV area.
[47:40] You've got your movie area.
[47:41] So you have different areas that they can be in.
[47:46] And what is there a state agency that regulates your operations?
[47:53] Yes, the county is the one who approved us.
[47:58] The county is the one who keeps up.
[48:00] We keep up with our certifications and we submit everything to the county.
[48:05] And what group is that? What specific name?
[48:08] I'm going to call the county board of B.D.
[48:11] Oh,
[48:14] OK.
[48:18] And you mentioned your clients would be as many
[48:22] as you can accommodate or fit in the space.
[48:25] Yeah, probably 30.
[48:27] But who is that a building code or a client or a stable?
[48:31] Who established that?
[48:31] The building code or is that the county board?
[48:33] The building code established that the fire marsh.
[48:37] Well, see, when we was up in the Richmond,
[48:39] And the fire marshal is the one who come out and they approve it, and let's know how many people will fit in the bill then.
[48:46] So it's not the county board of MR board of D.D. is the building code.
[48:51] Okay.
[48:51] Thank you.
[48:54] I
[48:58] volunteered for one at one point for our adult care here on a hundred ninety first street, and I know there was a large.
[49:11] People were very different.
[49:13] Some folks were very capable of doing things and some folks were not.
[49:17] Are you working with a certain group or you take everybody who comes?
[49:22] Like you just say, everybody is different.
[49:25] They require different type of care.
[49:28] You have some people to do things on a own,
[49:30] and then you have some people that you have to need a little more assistance.
[49:36] And you talked about renting in Richmond Heights.
[49:39] Are you going to run two centers?
[49:40] or are you just going to run on?
[49:41] I'm letting that particular center go.
[49:44] Great.
[49:46] Thank you.
[49:47] My focus is on the building that I purchased.
[49:54] Oh, I cost my passion.
[49:57] Thank you, Chair.
[49:58] And thank you, Ms. King, for being here tonight.
[50:00] I just have two questions.
[50:03] I wanted to get a little more clarification on Parking.
[50:06] I know on East 200 can be a busy street.
[50:10] So can you talk about how we would do, how you would do parking, and from doing a little research before council.
[50:18] I think I counted like 21 parking spots currently, and I feel, well, yeah, and a lot that we have to do the zoning for.
[50:29] So can you talk about just a little, and being also, I work for the health foundation.
[50:35] So I do understand a, I'm, I'm not talking about the information you're already talking about.
[50:41] So can you talk about Park and Dan also do you anticipate, like you said,
[50:46] putting any outdoor facilities within the property, like you said, you might want to go zebra or something.
[50:54] Not right now, but I mean, by the zebra, you've got to hold people, you go purchase one, do you bring it there?
[50:59] Not getting one dug up and put in.
[51:02] But as far as the parking lot will hold two or three vans and then you have staff, but we still have a lot of extra spaces in the parking lot.
[51:19] And I would also like to suggest I know with the build and when you exit out of the parking lot, if you go on east 200 street, it's like a little on driveway that you can go down.
[51:33] I want to maybe put in something right there so that other cars can know, hey, a car might be coming out because it's like a little blind
[51:40] That's fine, I want from what I saw.
[51:44] So that was all.
[51:45] Thank you.
[51:47] Thank you.
[51:49] Any other questions for Ms. King?
[51:53] Okay.
[51:53] See you now.
[51:54] Thank you very much.
[51:55] Thank you.
[51:57] I question team administration.
[52:00] This is zone retail.
[52:03] We, and I was mentioned the previous piece that we're rezoning or, you know, getting better
[52:14] zoning for the property because we want to be consistent with our master plan and the
[52:20] master plan calls for retail.
[52:24] There was Driftwood Gallery, which was right by this property, which was retail, which
[52:29] is now a day.
[52:30] Daycare. There was the appliance store, which is now a daycare. We have a bank, which is now being asked to be an adult daycare.
[52:44] And I guess from an administration's perspective when these come kind of before you, before they even go to P and Z, and this is being aware,
[52:56] I guess what is the point of us having this zone retail,
[53:00] if we just keep giving conditional use permits for anything that kind of comes down the pipe.
[53:09] You know, this is not in any way related to Mrs. King or the business she wants.
[53:15] It's just we have zoning for a reason because there's certain things we want in certain areas
[53:20] because we think that's what's best for the community.
[53:22] So I guess a question would be from an administration perspective
[53:26] Why would us granting this conditional use permit be good for our community and how is that consistent with our master plan for what we want for certain areas throughout the country?
[53:40] For our community.
[53:43] Yeah, please.
[53:46] I think the push and pull with the master plan is it sets forth a vision as guided by the community and it's aspirational.
[53:54] But what we recognize is that there are then on the ground needs that need to be met on a daily basis.
[54:04] So when we talk about child daycares, one of our fastest growing segments in the city is single female head of household.
[54:14] That is a very real need for child daycare in order to maintain a full time job and raise a family.
[54:23] that is a service that helps support a young family grow.
[54:28] When we talk about adult care facilities,
[54:32] there are the development only disabled
[54:34] who are a wonderful rich part of our community
[54:37] and we need to make sure that we are providing services
[54:40] and supporting the caregivers
[54:41] who are in the community doing this work.
[54:46] I think it's a valid question to say
[54:48] are we worried about maybe an over-concentration
[54:50] and that's something that we've been working on
[54:52] with this memo that Councilman told him asked about earlier
[54:55] is let's help do an environmental scan
[54:58] of what do the businesses wear their locations,
[55:03] not all those businesses that are approved by city council
[55:06] are then coming to fruition.
[55:10] Some fail for their personal circumstances,
[55:14] business circumstances, some have building
[55:17] and housing challenges that they can't overcome.
[55:21] So I want to be clear that not every approval
[55:22] that comes before you ultimately sees itself to reality as far as a business opening.
[55:29] I think the other piece is this use as a conditional use is unique in our zoning code.
[55:35] This is one that councils before have said we want to be the final arbiter in our planning
[55:41] and zoning code as opposed to allowing planning and zoning to authorize the conditional use.
[55:47] So, this particular type of use is unique because previous Councils have said, we want to be the ones to review this use, unlike other conditional uses which commonly go before planning and zoning commission, and you don't ever see because they don't require council approval after that.
[56:05] So I think that's a valid question to kind of struggle with and this is a question that
[56:12] planning and zoning commission struggles with with every conditional use ask is how does it fit
[56:17] into our commercial districts or whatever district we're talking about and so this is a very good
[56:24] question but it's one that's made on an application by application basis. So when this goes before
[56:30] or something in planning and zoning.
[56:32] Is there a staff report for the administration
[56:34] that is presented to planning and zoning?
[56:37] Mr. Chair, yes, there is.
[56:39] And was it the administration's perspective
[56:41] for suggested that they approved this?
[56:45] Was that the recommendation administration
[56:46] to approve this?
[56:47] Mr. Chair, no, this was submitted without a recommendation
[56:52] because ultimately the planning and zoning code sets
[56:55] across a pretty detailed list
[56:58] of general criteria for conditional uses and this is a use that the commission has to
[57:04] poke in pride if you will. So the staff did not provide a recommendation for adoption or
[57:10] against adoption. Okay. Any questions from Council?
[57:24] Yeah, Council Montana. Thank you,
[57:27] Jim. To Director Pat, if this just a question, if this was located downtown would this have
[57:34] approved. Mr. Chair, the council person, I can't answer that question.
[57:41] The conditional
[57:42] use approval section is specific for review on each site. So it would depend on what
[57:49] the site looks like in the downtown area.
[57:53] So what I was saying, the same scenario.
[57:58] The same building, I mean, the same. What you
[58:02] what I hear and approve this the same as you doing that.
[58:08] Mr. Chair, the Councilperson, I honestly cannot answer that.
[58:11] It's the Commission's recommendation and I can't answer for the Commission.
[58:22] Okay, everyone.
[58:24] This is what is before us.
[58:27] This is a first reading.
[58:29] First reading.
[58:32] I don't know if anybody has any suggestions, Councilman Cosper.
[58:36] Thank you, Chair.
[58:36] Yes.
[58:37] I'd like to make a motion to send this to a second reading.
[58:40] Okay.
[58:41] Thank you.
[58:41] I have a motion.
[58:42] I have a second by Councilman with Hill Law on Favor and you're posed, seeing none.
[58:50] Any discussion on this motion?
[58:54] Councilman Tolton.
[58:57] Okay.
[58:57] Well, I just want to make sure I'm understanding clearly.
[58:59] This has to go to three readings.
[59:00] This does not have to do it. It also is a resolution.
[59:03] Okay, so that's obvious.
[59:04] The ordinance that is attached to it.
[59:06] That had to go three times.
[59:08] You have to go three times.
[59:11] And I think there was some information that members of Council requested regarding.
[59:18] Okay.
[59:18] So a few things related to this.
[59:22] Okay.
[59:23] Okay. That's clear.
[59:23] That's clear.
[59:24] Any other questions on the motion?
[59:28] Okay. Motion closed debate.
[59:30] motion by Hannah, second by Greshamol and favor.
[59:32] Hi.
[59:33] Thank you, Council Clerk.
[59:35] Please call the roll on setting this resolution
[59:36] to a second reading.
[59:38] Hannah?
[59:39] Yes.
[59:40] What'sella?
[59:41] Yes.
[59:41] Hile?
[59:42] Yes.
[59:43] Tanner?
[59:43] Yes.
[59:44] Toulton?
[59:45] No.
[59:47] Gresham?
[59:48] Yes.
[59:52] Motion to send to a second reading test.
[59:55] Thank you.
[59:56] So this will be heard again at the next city council meeting.
[59:58] I'm...
[1:00:00] I met two weeks, two, October 5th. Yes, October 5th. Thank you. Councillor Clerk, please read the fifth agenda item into the record.
[1:00:14] Ordnance 109-26 and ordinance to establish a municipal arboretum in Memorial Park in the area commonly known as the Oak Grove.
[1:00:27] Motion for approval to begin the discussion. Motion by Tolton, seconded by Tanner
[1:00:33] Allen-Fever. Thank you. We'll go to the sponsor of this legislation, Councilwoman
[1:00:38] and Hannah.
[1:00:40] Thank you, Chair. The purpose of this legislation is to declare the area in Memorial Park that
[1:00:46] is commonly known as an Oak Grove as a municipal arboretum. This has been an area that the
[1:00:53] the CHA3 Commission has been working on for several years and has a plan to continue to work
[1:00:59] on this for several more years to regenerate that oak grove. And so by doing a arboretum
[1:01:06] it allows us to provide education and use this as an alerting experience but also to protect
[1:01:12] that area and to make that into an actual oak grove with young saplings that can continue on.
[1:01:19] because currently the trees right there are closer toward the end of their life span than
[1:01:25] and they're having issues getting them to regenerate. So this is something the shade tree
[1:01:30] commission has been working on. If there's no discussion on this, I would like make a motion
[1:01:37] to send it to committee. So sending it to the environmental stewardship and sustainability committee
[1:01:43] for hearing and that way we can go in more on what the plan is for the Oak Grove, how this fits in with the city's past and what its future looks like in the reasons why she would like to continue this work.
[1:01:57] Thank you. I do have a motion to send it to the committee. I have a motion. I have a second by
[1:02:03] Wittillah. All in favor. I have any discussion on the motion.
[1:02:10] Seeing none motion
[1:02:10] to close debate. Motion by Gresham. Seconded by Highell. All in favor. I have a
[1:02:16] opposed. Seeing none of council clerk, please call a roll on sending this ordinance to the
[1:02:21] and Environmental and Sustainable Committee.
[1:02:26] What's Ella?
[1:02:28] Ile.
[1:02:29] Yes.
[1:02:29] Tanner.
[1:02:31] Yes.
[1:02:32] Toulton.
[1:02:33] Gretchen.
[1:02:34] Yes.
[1:02:35] Cowsgriff.
[1:02:36] Yes.
[1:02:36] Anna.
[1:02:37] Yes.
[1:02:38] Motion to send to the Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Committee has passed.
[1:02:46] There it is.
[1:02:47] All right, that concludes our legislative agenda for this evening.
[1:02:52] We'll now move on to council persons comments.
[1:02:54] And tonight we will start with the Honorable Ward 1 Councilman, Wallace Tanner.
[1:03:07] First, I would want to comment on this, but I change my mind.
[1:03:13] Due to recent events that has happened in Euclid, and I received an email, regardless
[1:03:21] to some of the violence that had taken place last week, and I want to say to the residents
[1:03:30] in the audience and the residents at home, the email I have received stated that we as
[1:03:38] councils and the administration turned our backs and that we were changing the city into
[1:03:47] another city that we all know that I do not want to recall.
[1:03:52] My reply to that is, as a soldier, when you attack one foxhole and you do nothing about it,
[1:04:04] then when that enemy gets done with that foxhole, they're coming to your foxhole.
[1:04:09] So what I'm saying is that to the residents that are stating that we do nothing, when you
[1:04:16] notice that and can call out what has happened to another city and you did not do anything
[1:04:22] to stop it there. Your justice guilty as not trying to do anything. So when it reaches your
[1:04:30] front door, now you want the police department, the City Council, the administration to do something
[1:04:37] about it. When you should have done something about it, when you first recognize that it was a
[1:04:43] problem in another city. It's just like COVID. COVID was overseas and nobody cared about it.
[1:04:51] Then it reached down the United States. Then everybody then started throwing their hands up.
[1:04:57] So I'll tell a residence if you see something in an area that's not your area. You either
[1:05:05] have to do something about it because I'm telling you right then and there is coming your way.
[1:05:11] So, with that in mind, see something say something, and once it hits your door, if you don't
[1:05:18] want to do anything about it, then deal with it the way you've been done with it.
[1:05:23] Thank you.
[1:05:25] Thank you.
[1:05:26] Councilman Tolker.
[1:05:30] Thank you, Mr. President.
[1:05:32] This is a couple of quick things.
[1:05:36] Again, kind of addressing the tragedy that happened in our city.
[1:05:40] I want to say my condolences to the family of the slain youth and all those that were injured and impacted by that situation.
[1:05:51] And just a quick comment.
[1:05:52] It kind of lends to, again, what my colleague said, we all have to get involved.
[1:05:57] We all have to help try to make this community better.
[1:06:01] One thing, for the administration, we had brought forth a group of violent interruptors to the city.
[1:06:08] some years, a couple of years back.
[1:06:10] We didn't do anything with that.
[1:06:12] I would ask that we look at that again,
[1:06:17] and see if we can bring that group back to the city.
[1:06:20] It's seen if we can help mitigate
[1:06:21] some of these issues, some of these problems.
[1:06:23] I think they would have been tremendous help
[1:06:25] at the hospital that night also to tap down
[1:06:28] on some of the confusion and the disruption
[1:06:30] at the hospital.
[1:06:31] So I think, as a city, if we can look at that again,
[1:06:34] and entertain that. Also to law director,
[1:06:41] have we, particularly this instance, but have we
[1:06:45] charged a one, any parents in the last year concerning our parent responsibility ordinance?
[1:06:54] Mr. Chairman, to the council, I'm not feeling aware, but I don't know that. I'm sure I can look
[1:06:58] into that much enough. Okay. Okay. I mean, we put it on the books and we want to start using
[1:07:04] if we can. Director Mahoney, I'm going to hit everybody tonight.
[1:07:12] Any up there, I know you
[1:07:13] have sent me email, and I have to apologize. I think I deleted it and cleared my delete files
[1:07:18] on the Shardon Road.
[1:07:21] Mr. Chairman to the Councilman, no update on Shardon Road.
[1:07:25] Alright, then I can offer you.
[1:07:27] Okay, okay.
[1:07:29] Um, and the r-
[1:07:30] Mr. Stephens,
[1:07:34] couple of council meetings ago, a resident mentioned something about offering free membership to seniors. Is that something, a direct set of something we can still look into, I think they say Medicaid or Medicare pays. Is that something that we can add or we look into that?
[1:07:49] At this time, or Mr. Chair, to the council,
[1:07:54] at this time, we're not pursuing that option.
[1:07:58] We currently have 426 memberships of which 80% of those memberships are seniors.
[1:08:07] We charge our seniors $10 a month, we're $75 per year.
[1:08:14] We are not a private entity that operates like that.
[1:08:20] not to say that that's not something that we may not, that we might, we'll consider it somewhere
[1:08:27] down the road possibly with, but at this moment, the seniors are what's carrying in the
[1:08:33] rex center.
[1:08:35] Oh, okay, yeah, I know I'm one of that, but anyway, and the last thing, is there any possibility
[1:08:41] to update the membership fee process to where it can be automatic deduction because I've
[1:08:46] That reminds me of my wife went and I remember she had a lap so we had to return.
[1:08:51] I'm just a chair to the council when that was updated two weeks ago.
[1:08:55] So if you come in you can let someone know it front desk that you want it to go automatic
[1:09:01] and they can do that.
[1:09:03] Perfect.
[1:09:04] Perfect.
[1:09:04] Thank you.
[1:09:05] Thank you.
[1:09:06] Thank you chair.
[1:09:10] I also wanted to send my own condolences to the family of the young man
[1:09:15] on who lost his life over this past a week.
[1:09:21] I also wanted to remind everyone
[1:09:23] to all I'm check your voter registration.
[1:09:27] All on the last day, the register of the vote is October 5th.
[1:09:31] All I'm for the November 3rd election.
[1:09:34] All I'm, and also I wanted to say thank you
[1:09:36] to Emani United, all I'm Church of Christ,
[1:09:39] for hosting a voter information form,
[1:09:43] where they had our Congresswoman Shantel Brown on there,
[1:09:47] and also had former Ohio Supreme Court Justice
[1:09:51] Middle East Stewart, and also attended,
[1:09:54] and, oh, I'm some more excellent on guest state,
[1:09:57] explaining why it's so important to get out to vote.
[1:10:02] Why is important to make sure you check your voter registration,
[1:10:08] and why is important to research any candidate
[1:10:10] that OMW will be on the ballot.
[1:10:13] So I just wanted to say thank you for, thank you to Emani for always stepping in and making
[1:10:19] sure that the community know when it comes to our OMW vote in power.
[1:10:25] Thank you, Chair.
[1:10:26] Thank you.
[1:10:27] Councilman Calzgriff?
[1:10:30] No comments tonight.
[1:10:31] Thank you.
[1:10:31] Councilwoman Adam.
[1:10:34] Thank you, Chair.
[1:10:34] And since we've moved the Ogrove Legislation over to the Environmental Stewardship
[1:10:39] and Sustainability Committee,
[1:10:40] That committee meeting will be Wednesday, October 14th at 630.
[1:10:46] Thank you.
[1:10:47] Thank you.
[1:10:48] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[1:10:50] I just like to take the mayor.
[1:10:51] Thank the mayor and the administration for the quick work that's been done so far on the
[1:10:55] dear calling resolution.
[1:10:58] Thank you.
[1:10:59] Thank you.
[1:11:00] Thank you.
[1:11:00] Thank you.
[1:11:01] Yes, a couple of things.
[1:11:03] There's going to be silhouette productions is going to be doing Cinderella.
[1:11:11] and that's going to be October 16th, 17th, 23rd and 24th, so keep those dates open and get some tickets for that.
[1:11:20] They always do a wonderful job.
[1:11:23] I thank you to everybody I had 13 people at the book study that we started on the 10th and I've heard from a few more that are going to be joining.
[1:11:31] So it was a great conversation I'm looking forward to our second conversation on Thursday.
[1:11:37] Tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock at the Rec Center, I'm having a ward meeting, so I hope to see you there.
[1:11:49] I'm a chair to the law director.
[1:11:52] I just saw that there was a new e-bike ordinance done in mentor.
[1:11:57] Have we thought about anything like that when I go back behind the school and memorial park there,
[1:12:04] the e-bikes and the e- scooters, I'm worried somebody's going to die.
[1:12:07] way they turn around the corner so quickly if somebody's backing out they wouldn't possibly see them.
[1:12:14] Kids on handlebars, doubling, no helmets, nothing.
[1:12:19] I'd like to. Mr. Chairman, to the Councilwoman, there has been some discussion with
[1:12:26] the administration as well as some of the off traffic officers with the police department.
[1:12:33] We currently do have restrictions on the electronic, you know, on these type of bikes.
[1:12:40] And at this point, have not felt that it's something that they've seen be an issue.
[1:12:49] One of the challenges that a lot of communities are facing is that the state is not regulated.
[1:12:55] in these bicycles and you see different types of vehicles being used.
[1:13:04] And that's something that we can share with Council of it.
[1:13:07] Something that we want to consider.
[1:13:10] Okay.
[1:13:12] And then Director Stevens as far as the membership in the
[1:13:17] Rec Center, would it be possible to do a survey on hours
[1:13:22] because one of the things that I'm hearing from people who aren't seniors is they would use
[1:13:28] the Rec Center early in the morning like before work, but seven o'clock is just too late for
[1:13:33] that. And I'm wondering if that would pick the numbers up for the Rec Center because if they can't
[1:13:40] if they can't go before work, they're just not going. I mean I know a lot of exercise places are
[1:13:46] busy first thing in the morning. Mr. Chair to the Councilwoman, currently we have three
[1:13:55] full-time people trying to cover 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. we have two program coordinators both
[1:14:05] resigned within two weeks of each other.
[1:14:09] So right now, the hours through the winter will remain a seven a.m.
[1:14:18] or during the week seven a.m. until 10, and we're looking at potentially adjusting
[1:14:25] the weekend hours because those hours are not as busy
[1:14:33] be quite honest. We are bringing on another full-time staff person hopefully within the next
[1:14:42] week or so and starting the process to interview a front desk personnel as well. So once
[1:14:52] we get staffing to where we can cover the current hours
[1:14:57] then we'll consider as...
[1:15:00] I was just suggesting a survey, so we could see if that is an issue. I mean, people have mentioned it to me, but I don't know how many people feel that way, but if we did a survey, it might help us figure that out.
[1:15:11] Sure. We can do that.
[1:15:14] Thank you.
[1:15:16] Thank you. I conclude the City Council meeting for this evening with that look for a motion to adjourn motion by Cowsberg, second by Hannibal in favor.
[1:15:25] All right. We are adjourned. Thank you.