City Council - Regular Meeting

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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Government Body: City Council
Meeting Type: City Council
Location: Cleveland, OH
Meeting Date: August 19, 2026

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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Development to transfer various Permanent Parcels to the control, possession, and use of the Departments of Parks and Recreation, Public Safety and Public Utilities for the future development of parks, recreation centers, trails, and public facilities.•Item 552-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Development to transfer various Permanent Parcels to the control, possession, and use of the Departments of Parks and Recreation, Public Safety and Public Utilities for the future development of parks, recreation centers, trails, and public facilities.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Establishing the East Side TIF District, declaring improvements to certain parcels of real property within that district to be a public purpose and exempt from taxation, pursuant to ORC 5709.40, describing the public infrastructure improvements to be made to directly benefit the district, requiring the owners of the improvements on such parcels to make service payments in lieu of taxes, providing for the distribution of those service payments to the Cleveland Municipal School District and to one or more funds established by the City to hold those service payments, determining that satisfactory provision has been made for the public improvement needs of the District and specifying other public improvements that are in support of urban redevelopment within the City.•Item 615-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Establishing the East Side TIF District, declaring improvements to certain parcels of real property within that district to be a public purpose and exempt from taxation, pursuant to ORC 5709.40, describing the public infrastructure improvements to be made to directly benefit the district, requiring the owners of the improvements on such parcels to make service payments in lieu of taxes, providing for the distribution of those service payments to the Cleveland Municipal School District and to one or more funds established by the City to hold those service payments, determining that satisfactory provision has been made for the public improvement needs of the District and specifying other public improvements that are in support of urban redevelopment within the City.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Development to enter into a Tax Increment Financing Agreement with East9th Scarlet, LLC, and/or its designee, to assist with the financing of the East9th Scarlet, LLC Project to be located at 2060 East 9th Street; to provide for payments to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District; and to declare certain improvements to real property to be a public purpose.•Item 693-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Development to enter into a Tax Increment Financing Agreement with East9th Scarlet, LLC, and/or its designee, to assist with the financing of the East9th Scarlet, LLC Project to be located at 2060 East 9th Street; to provide for payments to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District; and to declare certain improvements to real property to be a public purpose.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Port Control to enter into one or more requirement contracts with Siemens Industry, Inc. for software, labor, and materials necessary to maintain, repair, upgrade, and expand the existing Apogee Building Automation system, for the Division of Airports, Department of Port Control, for a period of one year, with three one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Port Control.•Item 744-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Port Control to enter into one or more requirement contracts with Siemens Industry, Inc. for software, labor, and materials necessary to maintain, repair, upgrade, and expand the existing Apogee Building Automation system, for the Division of Airports, Department of Port Control, for a period of one year, with three one-year options to renew, exercisable by the Director of Port Control.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To change the name of a portion of Scranton Road to Eagle Avenue.•Item 747-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To change the name of a portion of Scranton Road to Eagle Avenue.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to pay as Moral Claims the sum opposite the name of the claimant.•Item 749-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Finance to pay as Moral Claims the sum opposite the name of the claimant.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To vacate a portion of an unnamed alley south of Train Avenue, between West 56th Street and Cantor Avenue.•Item 759-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To vacate a portion of an unnamed alley south of Train Avenue, between West 56th Street and Cantor Avenue.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To vacate all of the unnamed alley, south of Abbey Avenue.•Item 760-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To vacate all of the unnamed alley, south of Abbey Avenue.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To vacate a portion of Mount Carmel Road•Item 762-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To vacate a portion of Mount Carmel Road

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend the title and Sections 1, 2, and 4 of Ordinance No. 671-2023, passed June 5, 2023, as amended, relating to various contracts to provide financial assistance to projects providing housing in the City of Cleveland to add the Department of Development.•Item 763-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE To amend the title and Sections 1, 2, and 4 of Ordinance No. 671-2023, passed June 5, 2023, as amended, relating to various contracts to provide financial assistance to projects providing housing in the City of Cleveland to add the Department of Development.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to sell certain City-owned property no longer needed for the City's public use located at the southeast corner of Train Avenue and West 44th Street to the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 8, for purposes of property consolidation and greenspace maintenance.•Item 764-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Mayor and the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to sell certain City-owned property no longer needed for the City's public use located at the southeast corner of Train Avenue and West 44th Street to the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 8, for purposes of property consolidation and greenspace maintenance.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to issue a permit to The Cleveland Public Theatre, to encroach into the public right-of-way of Detroit Avenue by installing and maintaining a new blade sign.•Item 767-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to issue a permit to The Cleveland Public Theatre, to encroach into the public right-of-way of Detroit Avenue by installing and maintaining a new blade sign.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to enter into a maintenance, inspection and repair agreement with and to issue a permit to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to encroach onto, over and within the public right-of-way of Lorain Avenue by constructing, installing, using, and maintaining an overhead pedestrian bridge.•Item 768-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to enter into a maintenance, inspection and repair agreement with and to issue a permit to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to encroach onto, over and within the public right-of-way of Lorain Avenue by constructing, installing, using, and maintaining an overhead pedestrian bridge.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Giving consent to the Norfolk Southern Corporation to proceed with the improvement of replacing the Superior Avenue Railroad Bridge and railroad track and replacing and repositioning support columns under the bridge on Superior Avenue located north of Central Avenue S.E. to East 26th Street at no cost to the City; and authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to enter into any agreements relative to the improvement.•Item 770-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Giving consent to the Norfolk Southern Corporation to proceed with the improvement of replacing the Superior Avenue Railroad Bridge and railroad track and replacing and repositioning support columns under the bridge on Superior Avenue located north of Central Avenue S.E. to East 26th Street at no cost to the City; and authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to enter into any agreements relative to the improvement.

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Clerk of Council to enter into an agreement with American Legal Publishing for the professional services necessary to provide on-line access and webhosting services for the Charter and the Codified Ordinances, to edit and post all new amendatory ordinances on-line, update the Code online regularly, edit and print replacement pages with updates to the Code, and other services as may be necessary for Code supplementation, and to authorize any amendments to the contract that may be necessary for additional printings of the Codified Ordinances during the term.•Item 878-2026

AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE Authorizing the Clerk of Council to enter into an agreement with American Legal Publishing for the professional services necessary to provide on-line access and webhosting services for the Charter and the Codified Ordinances, to edit and post all new amendatory ordinances on-line, update the Code online regularly, edit and print replacement pages with updates to the Code, and other services as may be necessary for Code supplementation, and to authorize any amendments to the contract that may be necessary for additional printings of the Codified Ordinances during the term.

Committee of the Whole Agenda Notice 8/19/2026•Item Item-1242