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Master Plan Update Report City of Cleveland Heights Page 1 11 47 159 Vision Goal Action Overall Summary % Status Pending 6.92 On Track 59.75 Some Disruption 1.89 Status 47% Major Disruption 1.26 Progress Upcoming 0.63 0 100 Completed 29.56 Report Legend No Update Overdue # Priority Page 2 Plan Summary Vision 1 Progress 56% Vision 2 Progress 56% % # % # On Track 70.83 17 Status Pending 4.76 1 Some Disruption 8.33 2 On Track 42.86 9 Status Completed 20.83 5 Status Upcoming 4.76 1 Completed 47.62 10 Vibrant Neighborhoods Cleveland Heights will be a city of strong, Complete Transportation Network Cleveland Heights will be a safe, and vibrant neighborhoods composed of a variety of community where getting to work, meeting friends over dinner, or beautiful homes and buildings, well-maintained yards and shopping can be accomplished easily by foot, bike, transit, or car greenspaces, historic districts, active neighborhood associations, along beautiful and well-maintained streets that safely and and revitalized blocks. comfortably accommodate all users. Vision 3 Progress 55% Vision 4 Progress 55% % # % # Status Pending 7.14 1 On Track 60.0 9 On Track 35.71 5 Completed 40.0 6 Status Some Disruption 7.14 1 Status Major Disruption 14.29 2 Completed 35.71 5 Environmentally Sustainable Community Cleveland Heights will Business Friendly Cleveland Heights will be a business-friendly be an environmentally sustainable community that uses green community that leverages the city’s entrepreneurial spirit, well- infrastructure to capture and slow stormwater, encourages active educated population, solid services, strong infrastructure, and transportation, and promotes state of the art building techniques proximity to world-class institutions to foster new businesses, to preserve the environment. grow existing ones, and provide meaningf... Vision 5 Progress 15% Vision 6 Progress 64% % # % # On Track 100.0 16 On Track 55.56 5 Completed 44.44 4 Status Status Strong Business Districts Cleveland Heights will have an High-Quality Infrastructure Cleveland Heights will be a city of appropriate number of strong, safe, and walkable neighborhood high-quality infrastructure and solid public services that support business districts that serve the needs of local residents and and spur business activity and serve residents. attract visitors from throughout the region to unique shopping, dining, and entertainment. Page 3 Vision 7 Progress 39% Vision 8 Progress 31% % # % # Status Pending 6.67 1 Status Pending 37.5 3 On Track 66.67 10 On Track 37.5 3 Status Completed 26.67 4 Status Completed 25.0 2 Hub for Arts and Culture Cleveland Heights will continue to be a A Diverse and Open Community Cleveland Heights will continue cultural leader that supports an active arts community through to be a diverse community that is open and welcoming to all who vibrant events, incorporation of art in public spaces, and support choose to call the City home. for the artists and arts organizations that call the City home. Vision 9 Progress 51% Vision 10 Progress 57% % # % # On Track 64.71 11 Status Pending 7.69 1 Completed 35.29 6 On Track 61.54 8 Status Status Completed 30.77 4 A Safe and Engaged Community Cleveland Heights will continue A Healthy Community Cleveland Heights will be a city of optimal to be a community of active and engaged citizens that pursues physical health and general well-being through access to healthy innovative partnerships with local and regional groups critical for foods, a strong park system, and healthy homes. providing safe communities, resilient neighborhoods, and strong schools. Vision 11 Progress 24% % # Status Pending 57.14 4 On Track 28.57 2 Status Completed 14.29 1 Future Land Use To guide the City’s future development, the Future Land Use section describes the way that buildings and parcels should be used if developed or redeveloped. Page 4 Vision 1 Progress 56% Vibrant Neighborhoods % # On Track 70.83 17 Some Disruption 8.33 2 Cleveland Heights will be a city of strong, safe, and vibrant neighborhoods composed of a variety of Completed 20.83 5 beautiful homes and buildings, well-maintained yards and greenspaces, historic districts, active neighborhood associations, and revitalized blocks. Update provided by Tanisha Briley on Oct 31, 2019 15:04:13 GOAL A: Revitalize and rehabilitate neighborhoods affected by blight, abandonment, foreclosure, rental conversions, and demolition Strong housing and neighborhoods are essential to a stable community, and revitalizing struggling neighborhoods is critical to maintaining the quality housing that attract residents. (64.0% completed) City-wide CRA is being heavily marketed and the program is receiving strong interest. Workshops have been held and will continue to be held to assist the promotion of the program with citizens, real estate brokers and developers - most recent events held on June 12; Marketing firm has been hired to assist in "getting the word out" about the CRA program. GOAL B: Continue to promote the city’s neighborhoods to potential residents, especially the workforce in university circle Promoting Cleveland Heights to potential residents can attract new citizens that can stabilize the City’s population. (77.5% completed) New ads developed to attract new residents. Increased use of social media to promote CH. GOAL C: Strategically use local dollars, state and national grants, and comprehensive incentive programs to stabilize the housing market and spur private investment Strategically investing dollars in targeted areas helps maximize investment by improving neighborhood dynamics and attracting reinvestment from developers and homeowners. (83.33% completed) The City and County Land Bank have continue to try and stabilize the housing market in target areas. There are 18 State of Ohio Tax Forfeiture properties that have pending transfer agreements to partner CDC's for inclusion in their home renovation programs. The implementation of CitizenServe Software for Building and Housing continues to develop as the department is currently working on the Code Enforcement module for the regional software. Mobile devices will be used as part of the new system and those devices have been ordered. The mobile devices were paid for through a grant from the Cleveland Foundation to First Suburbs Consortium. Ohio Historic Preservation Office comments about the proposed designation of the Stadium Square district were received and are being addressed by the Historic Preservation Group LLC. The consultants' goal is to have the nomination reviewed by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board at their December 6 quarterly meeting. The OHSPAB advises the Ohio Historic Preservation Office on the historical significance of a National Register of Historic Places' nomination. GOAL D: Continue to promote the preservation of historic homes and buildings Preserving Cleveland Heights’ historic homes and neighborhoods is essential to maintaining the City’s character and charm (20.0% completed) Ohio Historic Preservation Office comments about the proposed designation of Stadium Square district were received and are being addressed by the Historic Preservation Group LLC. The consultant's goal is to have the nomination reviewed by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board at their December 6 quarterly meeting. The OHSPAB advises the Ohio Historic Preservation Office on the historical significance of a National Register of Historic Places' nomination. Page 5 GOAL E: Continue to promote and support neighborhood identities to enhance the sense of place and build pride among residents Delineating neighborhoods and benchmarking them begins to build identities among residents living within them. (28.33% completed) Various neighborhood centered planning studies are underway: -Noble Corridor Study led by Future Heights & their consultant, Camiros is complete. Future Heights reviewed the study in July at a public meeting held at Central Bible Baptist Church. The study was reviewed with City Council in September. Future Heights is working on an early action project. - Noble Neighbors Green Noble Garden has successfully implemented 11 pocket gardens on Langton Road. Not only have these gardens added beauty to this neighborhood street, but residents have reported feeling more connected to each other. Plans continue with an OSU professor and her team who are actively seeking funding to study the ecological and community effects of pollinator gardens within specific geographic areas in the Noble Neighborhood and portions of East Cleveland. -Taylor Corridor Study led by NOACA staff in collaboration with University Heights and Cleveland Heights held a public hearing in September to review different road configurations for Taylor Road to improve safety for vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclist. A meeting was held with East Cleveland Mayor to review this study and to extend the scope of the study through East Cleveland to where Taylor Road ends at Euclid Avenue. -In August, twenty residents spent approximately 2 hours discussing the what works and what could be better as they walked Compton Road from Euclid Heights Boulevard south to Berkeley Road and then to South Compton, ending at Cain Park. The walk was led by our planning consultant, City Architecture and Planning Department staff. A public meeting was held in September to review comments from this walk and to gather additional comments from neighbors about the Compton Greenway concept. -In July, a mural with an augmented reality application was installed at the Cedar Lee Mini Park. Students have been engaged to assist with the park planning efforts. Vision 2 Progress 56% Complete Transportation Network % # Status Pending 4.76 1 Cleveland Heights will be a community where getting to work, meeting friends over dinner, or shopping On Track 42.86 9 can be accomplished easily by foot, bike, transit, or car along beautiful and well-maintained streets that Upcoming 4.76 1 safely and comfortably accommodate all users. Completed 47.62 10 Update provided by Tanisha Briley on Oct 31, 2019 15:05:46 GOAL A: Adequately repair and maintain the city’s network of attractive streets Well-maintained streets provide safe transportation for residents and convey community quality to users.