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A Message from Councilwoman Jasmin Santana

Greetings Ward 14 Resident, City Council took a legislative break this past summer, which allowed me time to get out of City Hall and make deeper connections to the neighborhoods of Ward 14. It was great to walk throughout the community every day, meeting and greeting and listening to your concerns. Over the summer, with the help of block clubs and local activists, we “I am committed to cleaning up, handled hundreds of constituent fixing up and lighting up our complaints, ranging from potholes to trash pickups to neighborhood Ward 14 neighborhoods.” annoyances. their artistic skills to painting trash bins and fire I have to admit, sometimes the work of a hydrants along Fulton Road and Clark Avenue. Engage with Councilwoman public official in a big city can be somewhat The volunteer event marked the first step in challenging, but then I am reminded of the JASMIN SANTANA creating a ward-wide beautification project. words by the late Mother Teresa: “I alone Concejala Jasmin Santana, Distrito 14 I am committed to cleaning up, fixing up cannot change the world, but I can cast a and lighting up our Ward 14 neighborhoods. PHONE/TELÉFONO stone across the waters to create many ripples.” So I’m putting out a call to arms – arms with 216-664-4238 And each of those ripples, the late Robert rolled up sleeves – to help me in this endeavor. EMAIL F. Kennedy once said, is a tiny accent of hope, Together, we can clean up litter and stop illegal [email protected] moving and connecting with other ripples dumping. to “build a current that can sweep down the WEB These are quality-of-life issues that concern www.clevelandcitycouncil.org/ward-14 mightiest walls of oppression.” us all. And you can help your neighborhood Here in Ward 14, I can see those ripples by reporting high weeds and grass, graffiti, moving. I can see hope building in our standing water and abandoned properties and Working Together for community. vehicles. Our Families & Children A good example is an art beautification Meanwhile, the city continues its road Trabajando juntos por nuestras program I organized this summer. More than familias y nuestros hijos 100 residents, joined by local artists, applied Continued on page 3

New MetroHealth Hospital Design Unveiled

¡Bienvenidos a Distrito 14/ Ward 14! Si eres una persona o familia afectada por el huracán Irma o Maria. Ward 14 residents were treated to an in- like. The hospital will be built toward the south person unveiling of the plans for MetroHealth’s end of MetroHealth’s campus and will be Favor comunicarse con la oficina new hospital at the Town Hall meeting on July surrounded by acres of green space which will 26. The hospital revealed the plans publicly be open to patients and their families, and the de Jasmin Santana, Concejal del for the first time at their annual meeting in community to enjoy. Distrito 14 al 216-664-4238 para late June. For more information, visit www. MetroHealth expects to break ground on .org/transformation the new hospital toward the end of this year. saber en que podemos ayudarlos. Senior Vice President of Transformation The hospital will open its doors in 2023. To ¡Hablamos español! Walter Jones shared the pictures we’ve all learn more, please visit: www.metrohealth. been waiting to see. He showed drawings of org/transformation. If you have questions, what the eleven-story new hospital will look please email [email protected].

Serving Ward 14 Neighborhoods : Clark-Fulton, Stockyards, portions of , Tremont and West Boulevard Scranton Road Closure Ward 14 Walk & Talk The MetroHealth Transformation is about more than building a new hospital on its main campus. The Transformation is also focusing on helping to solve issues that are important to the Councilwoman and to the residents of the Clark-Fulton neighborhood. Being a good neighbor means knowing what’s going on in your community, being invested in its future, and supporting efforts to improve the area. But how do you do that when you’re a health system? That’s exactly what MetroHealth asked October 15 – 29, a portion of Scranton Councilwoman Santana. Her solution? Come businesses that form the backbone of Ward Road will be closed northbound from West and see. And that’s what they did. 14. There were robust discussions about 25th Street to just before the entrance to Recently the councilwoman took improving vacant buildings, preventing the Elizabeth Severance Prentiss Center. representatives from MetroHealth on a tour of violence, creating better access to healthy Traffic will be rerouted to West 25th Street. the Clark-Fulton neighborhood. She wanted foods, and reducing health disparities. Based Through traffic northbound on West 25th to show what’s working well, what needs on the comments from the MetroHealth staff Street should use the left lane, reserving the improvement, and discuss how MetroHealth who participated in the tour, they are more right lane for drivers to turn onto Southpoint can help in both areas. dedicated that ever to creating partnerships Drive and MetroHealth Drive. Drivers exiting From one stop to the next, Councilwoman that support all the good things that are the MetroHealth are encouraged to use Santana showed everything she’s doing happening in the area and will be helping to MetroHealth Drive to access West 25th Street on behalf of our neighbors including year- improve issues that restrict our neighborhood to travel south. round activities and programs for youth from being the most thriving community it Pedestrian traffic northbound on Scranton at organizations like City Life, and small can be. Road from West 25th Street will be routed to the west side of the street by a marked This summer Councilwoman Santana led crosswalk. Pedestrians can cross back to the Ward 14 Dumpster Days community clean up events. These “Dumpsters east side of Scranton at Southpoint. Days” were held on five different dates and locations throughout Ward 14. At each site a large dumpster was provided for residents to discard trash – Truck Activity on Scranton especially bulk items – from their homes. Also on As construction around the MetroHealth these days dedicated volunteers took time to beautify Transformation continues, you’re going to our neighborhoods by picking up trash from streets see dump trucks traveling on Scranton Road and vacant lots. Over 150 tires were rounded up and during the next few weeks. The trucks are approximately 18,720 pounds of garbage collected. hauling dirt from the hospital’s construction area to Clark Fields where the city will use it as fill for an environmental clean-up project. If you have questions, please email [email protected]

MetroWest Development Housing Enforcement Pays Off Councilwoman Santana on a Crusade to Clean Up Vacant Properties Councilwoman Jasmin Santana is giving NOTICE TO ALL OWNERS OF VACANT LOTS AND STRUCTURES that they must maintain After two years of effort to hold an their properties free of high grass, weeds, The owner or person in control of a vacant absentee landlord accountable for his refuse and other nuisances. lot or structure must remove or otherwise properties in Brooklyn Center, The following conditions have been abate any listed nuisances no later than 30 Housing Court found against LenL Properties, declared by to be days of receiving a notice of violation. LLC and ordered the owner pay a $2,000 nuisances in violation of city ordinance If any nuisance on a vacant property is fine, get on a payment plan to repay the 209.02: not abated as required, the city will take over $110,000 in delinquent property taxes, • The grass is over 8” in height. one of or more of the following actions: establish an escrow account of $10,000 to 1. The city may clean up the lot and cover future demolition costs and other • Noxious weeds and wild plants capable bill the owner for all costs. penalties. If conditions are not met, he faces a of causing skin reaction upon contact maximum fine of $535,000. or producing or aggravating hay fever, 2. The City may ticket the owner, subject LenL Properties had at one time owned asthma, allergic respiratory reaction or to a fine of up to $150. seven properties in the neighborhood, similar conditions. including one of which was torn down by 3. The City may take other civil or criminal the city. While LenL has transferred some of • Refuse, including trash, junk, garbage and legal actions. the properties to a new owner, MetroWest food waste, offal, animal waste, tires and is committed to working to ensure landlords all other waste materials. For more information, call Councilwoman keep their properties up and up to the Santana at 216-664-4238 or the Cleveland city’s code. • Stagnant surface water. Department of Health at 216-664-2300. Councilwoman Message Continued repair and resurfacing projects throughout and Residents are our area and we are seeing beefed up police patrols in Ward 14. Remember to keep an eye Painting a Better on any criminal or suspicious activities in your Picture for Ward 14 neighborhoods. “If you see something, say something.” On August 31 and September 1, Finally, I will be keeping you up to date Councilwoman Jasmin Santana presented on the huge transformation of MetroHealth “Painting a Better Picture” – a two-day beautification event celebrating the Medical Center which is partially underway. multicultural diversity of the community. The medical center will soon have a complete Ward 14 residents and friends joined 10 makeover, featuring a 10-story main hospital talented local artists (pictured top right) to paint fire hydrants and building, new parking garages and much cement garbage cans around the Clark-Fulton neighborhood. Event more. About half the campus – 25 acres – will partners included local artist Esbeey Madera, MetroHealth, Metro West become park-like and open to the public for Community Development Organization, Hispanic Business Center and the neighborhood to enjoy. Hispanic Alliance, Incorporated. The goals of the project are to improve MetroHealth employees who volunteered expressed interest in access to health care for everyone in Cuyahoga volunteering next time with their entire department. County while creating healthier communities “The best part about volunteering is doing it – which includes strengthening Ward 14 with my kids,” said MetroHealth Community Health neighborhoods by investing and developing Advocacy Manager Edwardo Munoz who attended new businesses, homes, restaurants and retail with his two daughters, eleven-year-old Isabella and for the community. five-year-old daughter Aliyah. “Not only do we have fun, but it’s a great way to teach them how important The project, a huge investment in nearby it is to chip in to make the world a better place.” neighborhoods, is scheduled to be completed by 2022. Meanwhile, now that fall is upon us and winter is right around the corner, don’t forget to check your furnaces and smoke detectors. And, as always, please do not hesitate to contact me with any thoughts, questions or concerns. Here’s my contact info: 216-664-4238 or [email protected] Have a fun, safe and beautiful fall.

Respectfully Yours, Jasmin Santana Councilwoman, Ward 14 Mr. Tex Nolan is Healthy Babies from Ward 14’s Outstanding the Start Senior of the Year (Bebés sanos desde el principio) Tex Wayne Nolan was born in Tennessee and as a young man in 1963 moved to Cleveland where he found work and a wife. He still lives in the century home he bought in 1972. Tex and his late wife, Wanda, whom he married in 1966, had three children. Today, he enjoys every minute with his adult kids, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Tex’s first job in Cleveland was in the salt For the entire City of Cleveland nearly 9 babies die before mines under Lake Erie. After three years of their first birthday out of 1,000 babies born. But there are digging salt, he took a job at the old Alcoa numerous programs and services available free of charge in plant on Harvard Avenue where he worked Cleveland. for three years before it closed. He then Make sure your baby has the best start in life. If you are took a job at Elco Corporation near the steel expecting a child and would like more information about yards where he worked in the compound services and programs for future moms and dads, department for 35 years before retiring. please call: Tex has been a volunteer assistant for • 2-1-1 (United Way Help Center) the Ward 14 City Council representative • Cleveland’s Moms First 216-664-4194 for more than 40 years. He’s a grassroots • Invest in Children - Cuyahoga County 216-698-2215 activist who communicates with residents, Councilwoman Santana and Mayor Frank G. Jackson recognized Para toda la ciudad de Cleveland, casi 9 bebés mueren informing them of neighborhood issues and Mr. Nolan as Ward 14’s Outstanding Senior on May 24, 2018 at antes de su primer cumpleaños de cada 1,000 bebés nacidos. community initiatives. the Annual City of Cleveland Senior Day event. In the summer, Tex loves to ride his bike. Pero hay numerosos programas y servicios disponibles de And he takes great pride in fixing bikes for all the time. You’ve got to be active. When my forma gratuita en Cleveland. the neighborhood kids. “I’ve got 25 bikes kids were growing up I kept them involved Asegúrese de que su bebé tenga el mejor comienzo en in the garage right now,” he says. “I fix them with Boy Scouts and would take them to the la vida. Si está esperando un hijo y desea obtener más up and give them to the kids who don’t parks to play ball. You’ve got to stay active información sobre los servicios y programas para have bikes. I’ve worked on bikes for the with your family.” futuras mamás y papás, por favor comuníquese con: neighborhood kids ever since my own kids Asked what he loves about Cleveland, • 2-1-1 (el Centro de Ayuda de United Way) were little.” he says, “I love doing whatever I can to • Cleveland’s Moms First 216-664-4194 When asked how he ages so well, he says, help my neighborhood. And I love being • Invertir en niños-Condado de Cuyahoga “You can’t just sit on the couch and watch TV close to my family and friends.” 216-698-2215 PRESORT STD. U.S. POSTAGE Las Tienditas del Mercado Opens on West 25th PAID CLEVELAND, OH September 21st marked the PERMIT NO. 2893 grand opening of Las Tienditas del Mercado, a business incubator space for Hispanic and Latino Ward 14 businesses located at 2886 West SMALL 25th Street. The shops that have opened in the building are Pura BUSINESS Cepa, a restaurant specializing in traditional Puerto Rican cuisine; Café Social Latinoamericano offers Latin American coffee and sweets; andOrtiz Spotlight Art Drafts Designs provides drafting/ Distrito 14 foco en graphic design and printing services. pequeñas empresas Councilwoman Santana encourages everyone to support these great shops and all of our local businesses.

Ladies, enjoy a FREE ZUMBA CLASS & SMOOTHIES on Wednesday, October 17, 6:30 WARD 14 COUNCILWOMAN -7:30 pm at the Omni Building, 3167 Fulton Rd. Visit www.ClevelandCityCouncil.org/ward-14 Councilwoman Santana will be announcing more Jasmin Santana community activities soon! City Hall Office: Executive Assistant: Maranyeliz Miranda 601 Lakeside Avenue, Room 220 Phone: 216-664-4238 Fax: 216-664-3837 Cleveland, OH 44114 Email: [email protected] Cleveland Housing Network Building Ward 14 Neighborhood Activities & Events Homes In Ward 14 Two affordable-rate new housing Dia de los Muertos Party Celebrating the Season programs are underway in Ward 14, promising developments of 52 new single-family homes. SAVE THE DATE: Wed., November 7 SAVE THE DATE: Cleveland Housing Network (CHN), Saturday, December 1 through its Lease Purchase Program, will be 3:00 - 6:00 pm offering 22 three-bedroom, single-family homes at $660 a month. The new homes, part Join MetroHealth and Turner of International Village, will be completed in Construction to celebrate February 2019. Applications will be available the season with an outdoor in late November. tree lighting on Saturday, CHN is also developing new homes December 1, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. through La Villa Hispana MetroHealth District including free hot cocoa, Affordable Housing Initiative. Thirty single- photo opportunities, family homes will be available to low-income families through the lease purchase program. On November 7, join MetroHealth to celebrate entertainment and CCLRC Parcels 4219 Storer 3043 W 47th City Landbank 3508 Sackett 3315 Storer 3130 W 43rd giveaways. Free parking The energy-efficient homes will be built (Cuyahoga Land 4223 Storer 3192 W 56th Parcels 4209 Cloud 3252 W 32nd 3283 W 34th the memory of loved ones and friends at a free will be available in the on various vacant lots in the Clark-Fulton Reutilization 3210 W 48th 3314 W 54th 4208 Howlett 3354 Seymore 3279 W 34th Dia de los Muertos celebration with food, Corporation) 4214 Hyde 3452 W 56th 3370 W 32nd 3250 W 31st 3277 W 34th Scranton parking lot across neighborhood. Construction is expected to music, and a showing of the award-winning 3938 Trowbridge 3482 W 60th 3365 W 33rd 3444 Storer 3273 W 34th from the main campus. begin next summer. More information will be 3502 Storer 3048 W 47th 3011 WADE 4318 Bush 3603 Woodbridge movie Coco. More details coming soon! available near the completion of construction. 3406 W 56th 3322 Storer 3239 W 52nd 3283 W 52nd