CIVITISM City Council’s Policy Agenda 2015 - 2017 City of Cleveland | Office of the Council Kevin J. Kelley Patricia J. Britt Phyllis E. Cleveland Terrell H. Pruitt Council President City Clerk, Clerk of Council Majority Leader Majority Whip

Cleveland City Council Committees of Council Development, Planning Municipal Services and Utilities and Sustainability Properties Terrell H. Pruitt - Chair Anthony Brancatelli - Chair Kenneth L. Johnson - Chair Dona Brady - Vice Chair Phyllis E. Cleveland - Vice Chair TJ Dow - Vice Chair Anthony Brancatelli Joe Cimperman Anthony Brancatelli Brian Cummins Brian Cummins Brian Cummins Martin J. Keane TJ Dow Jeffrey D. Johnson Mamie J. Mitchell Terrell H. Pruitt Brian Kazy Michael D. Polensek Matthew Zone Zachary Reed

Finance Safety Workforce and Community Kevin J. Kelley - Chair Matthew Zone - Chair Benefits Phyllis E. Cleveland - Vice Chair Kevin Conwell - Vice Chair Phyllis E. Cleveland - Chair Dona Brady Joe Cimperman Matthew Zone - Vice Chair Anthony Brancatelli Brian Kazy Jeffrey D. Johnson Kevin Conwell Martin J. Keane Brian Kazy Martin J. Keane Mamie J. Mitchell Michael D. Polensek Mamie J. Mitchell Michael D. Polensek Terrell H. Pruitt Terrell H. Pruitt Zachary Reed Matthew Zone

Health and Human Transportation Services Martin J. Keane - Chair Joe Cimperman - Chair TJ Dow - Vice Chair Mamie J. Mitchell - Vice Chair Kevin Conwell Dona Brady Jeffrey D. Johnson Phyllis E. Cleveland Kenneth L. Johnson Kevin Conwell Brian Kazy Brian Cummins Zachary Reed Jeffrey D. Johnson

The following Committees meet at the Call of the Chair: Mayor’s Appointment TJ Dow - Chair, Dona Brady, Phyllis E. Cleveland, Kevin J. Kelley Operations Terrell H. Pruitt - Chair, Mamie J. Mitchell, Martin J. Keane, Kevin J. Kelley, Matthew Zone Rules Kevin J. Kelley - Chair, Phyllis E. Cleveland, Martin J. Keane, Michael D. Polensek, Terrell H. Pruitt 1 Foreword Contents

3 6 12 Health Safety Infrastructure and Infant Mortality 3 DOJ Findings 6 Asset Management Lead Poisoning 4 Police Training 7 Aging Roads and Bridges 13 Opiate Abuse 5 Equipment & Technology 8 Vehicle Fleet 13 Police Response Times 8 Municipal Buildings and Properties 14 Aging Vehicles 9 Gun Violence 10 Integrating Fire and EMS 10

15 17 19 Utilities Transportation Workforce Division of Water 15 Infrastructure Development Cleveland Public Power 16 Airport 18 Training & Workforce Programs 19 Water Pollution Control 16 Regional Transportation Opportunities for Cleveland Residents 20 Planning 18 Understanding the Emerging Job Market 21

22 26 28 Conclusion Development, Planning Sustainability and Sustainability Policies & Guidelines 26 Vacant & Blighted Properties 23 Permit Review Process 23 Efficient Legislative Action 24 Zoning & Planning 25 The title of this document, Civitism, is a term used by Cleveland’s 37th Mayor, Newton D. Baker. Civitism is the equivalent of patriotism at the municipal level. The concept of Civitism holds that the greatness of a city does not depend on its buildings, but rather on the intensity with which its citizens love their city as their home.

Baker hoped then, as I do now, that a forward with an aggressive legislative pervasive love of Cleveland will inevitably agenda to build a bright future for those of produce beautiful public spaces, clean and us who call Cleveland home and for future maintained streets, honest government, generations. safety and widespread adherence to justice In creating a policy agenda, Cleveland as the ideal of its social and economic City Council dedicates itself to improving the life. Civitism will be the starting point and quality of life of our citizens and building a building block of what we do. stronger and more progressive Cleveland. In its third century, Cleveland is well City Council is committed to serving with positioned for growth and prosperity. We honor and dignity and setting a standard of have a solid fiscal foundation built through excellence in local self-governance. discipline during challenging economic The recent recession challenged the City 1 times. is moving of Cleveland and many municipalities across the nation. This recession led to loss of jobs, know that we need to get better, and we will. population, real estate values, and revenue As we address these serious issues, we for the City. And while these challenges will not forget the essential function of City led many municipalities to insolvency, government: providing services to residents. Cleveland was able to balance its annual Council members have been elected to budgets and deliver quality services. Now, represent our constituents and address their as we are pulling out concerns. Every citizen of of a national recession, City Council will Cleveland has a right to we are rebounding with expect a safe community, new investments and perform its legislative reliable public services, development. and infrastructure that is Cleveland’s recent and oversight roles properly maintained. City progress and opportunities to ensure that Council will perform its for future success are legislative and oversight apparent. Cleveland has citizens receive quality roles to ensure that citizens recently been named as receive quality City services. a top City to visit by four City services. Governing the City national travel publications. of Cleveland is complex Downtown is currently experiencing growth and challenging. As we move forward, City and investment not seen for nearly 100 years. Council will approach its responsibilities by This development includes new housing, new balancing the need to promote progress class A office space and new hotels. Across and development with the need to address Cleveland’s neighborhoods, we are stabilizing our most challenging problems. Therefore, the housing stock, tearing down vacant with a push for progress and mindful of the and abandoned homes, and attracting new challenges we face, Cleveland City Council is opportunities. releasing an agenda for the next three years But while Cleveland is experiencing to outline our efforts to improve Cleveland positive momentum and growth, many and build a stronger, safer City. neighborhoods still struggle with poverty, abandonment, gun violence, and a general lack of economic opportunities. Addressing these challenges is at the core of what we do in municipal government and will remain a focus of this Council. Cleveland City Council is acutely aware of the concerns within the Division of Police, amplified by the recent Department of Justice findings. We understand that these problems need to be solved. We know that Kevin J. Kelley the relationship between the Division of President, Cleveland City Council Police and our citizenry must improve. We 2 Health

City Council will continue to work towards a healthier Cleveland and strive towards achieving those goals set forth in Resolution 257-11: Smoking cessation; Promoting better diet and nutrition; Promoting exercise and mobility; Addressing mood and behavioral issues. Council will focus • Provide better access to health care for expectant, at- specifically on the following issues: risk mothers and their children through community health clinics, Cleveland’s major health systems and federal government programs ISSUE: Infant mortality rates in Ohio, Cuyahoga County and Cleveland are above the national average and • Promote healthy lifestyles through distribution of unacceptable. Studies show that pre-natal and post-natal pre-natal vitamins and fresh fruits and vegetables medical care dramatically improves the health of infants and from neighborhood gardens mothers. • Encourage and help uninsured pregnant women Council Action Items: to enroll in coverage through Medicaid and • Develop a City-wide approach to providing services the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to at-risk new and expectant mothers • Partner with the Healthy Cleveland Initiative’s (HCI) • Create a network of community providers to Health Literacy Committee to help the uninsured determine best practices and implementation of a obtain affordable insurance city-wide effort to reduce infant mortality • Educate pregnant women of the dangers of • Expand MomsFirst, a City program that offers case tobacco, alcohol, and drugs through HCI’s Healthy management and outreach services to pregnant Neighborhoods Committee women and new mothers. Expansion of this program would provide more outreach to at-risk pregnant • Assist programs like University Hospital’s Centering women Program and work to provide access and care for every pregnant mother and expectant child • Increase public awareness of infant mortality through public education campaigns, focusing on • Develop City-wide approach to providing services to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, malnutrition and at-risk new and expectant mothers 3 other deadly conditions Partners: • Healthy Cleveland Initiative: HCI’s Clean Air • Work with community development corporations Committee, Healthy Eating Committee, Health and community partners on public outreach and Literacy Committee, Healthy Neighborhoods education to alert people to the dangers associated Committee with lead poisoning and its prevalence

• , University Hospitals, St. Vincent • Work with corporate partners and other private Charity Medical Center and MetroHealth Medical sector partners who are willing to help the City’s Center residents to get tested and to remove harmful lead substances • State, County and City health departments • Use the Rental Registry and enforcement history • Cleveland Metropolitan School District to provide notice of a home’s toxicity through legislation and enforcement • Neighborhood medical clinics Partners: • Clear Channel Outdoor and other media outlets • City, County, and State health departments willing to provide public service messages • Federally qualified health centers in Cleveland Goal: By 2017, Cleveland will be a model in reducing infant mortality and rank in the top • University Hospitals, MetroHealth Medical Center, tier of major cities in prevention and care for Cleveland Clinic and St. Vincent Charity Medical children under age two. Center

ISSUE: Lead poisoning is an unacceptable health hazard for young children and causes lifelong health consequences and learning problems. Of children tested in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, 40 percent had blood lead levels above acceptable levels.

Council Action Items: • Identify, apply for, and obtain any and all available funding for lead poisoning prevention programs Goal: To test every at-risk child for lead • Offer blood tests for all children under six who live poisoning and to identify funding sources to in neighborhoods with high rates of lead paint in drastically reduce lead dust and paint in homes homes or ambient air and neighborhoods over the next three years.

• Provide additional funds for lead paint removal and/or encapsulation, targeting homes with small children Continued on next page 4 Health continued

ISSUE: Opiate abuse and resulting deaths have reached epidemic levels in Cleveland and . This dangerous drug is cheap, accessible, and a leading cause of accidental deaths.

Council Action Items: • Continue public awareness campaign warning of the risks of prescription drugs and non-legal drug abuse ISSUE: An alarming number of Cleveland’s homeless • Ensure Cleveland EMS and first responders are are service veterans. trained and carry antidote medicine to reduce the number of fatalities Council Action Items: • Assess the percentage of Cleveland homeless who • Work with state of Ohio, Governor and General are service veterans. Assembly, to recommend treatment over incarceration for drug abusers who are not involved • Establish referral process to the Veteran’s in the sale of drugs Administration, including the agency’s mental health and addiction programs, as many veterans suffer • Advocate for additional state funding for local from mental illness and drug abuse Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Service (ADAMHS) Board to educate and treat people for this • Connect homeless veterans to intake process at the growing health crisis Cleveland/Cuyahoga Office of Homeless Services

Partners: • Work with private and public sector concerns to • City, County and State health departments create jobs for veterans who are able to work

• County Alcohol Drug Addiction and Mental Health Partners: Service Board • Cleveland Department of Public Health • Cleveland/Cuyahoga Office of Homeless Services • Clear Channel Outdoor and other media outlets that will offer public service messages • Housing First • Veterans Service Commission, Cuyahoga County • EMS and all first responders • Ohio Department of Veteran Services • Office of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor • Louis Stokes VA Medical Center

• Office of Ohio and U.S. Attorneys General Goal: Significantly reduce the number of homeless veterans on Cleveland streets and in Goal: Reduce heroin and opiate deaths homeless shelters. significantly by 2017.

5 Safety

There is, perhaps, no issue that impacts quality of life or sense of well-being more than safety. Every resident of Cleveland is entitled to feel safe and secure in his or her home and neighborhood. Every citizen needs to have confidence in the police force. And every citizen should expect emergency services to respond in a timely manner. Cleveland City Council will work toward a safer Cleveland and ensure that all residents have of-force incidents, have raised broad concerns regarding how confidence in safety forces. policing in the City of Cleveland is conducted.

Council Action Items: ISSUE: The City of Cleveland and the U.S. • Work closely with the Department of Public Safety Department of Justice have recently entered to create effective solutions and implement a into a consent decree that will be a blueprint community policing model that is truly responsive to on how the Cleveland Division of Police does its the needs of the community policing in the future. The consent decree came about after the DOJ issued findings that the • Take all legislative actions to ensure full Cleveland Division of Police engaged in implementation of the agreed-upon terms in the a pattern or practice of excessive consent decree, including: and unnecessary force in violation »» Ensure proper training of all officers of the Fourth Amendment of the »» Ensure officers have the proper equipment and Constitution. The findings also cited little resources for effective community policing accountability and poor training in the Police Department. These findings, along with recent use- Continued on next page 6 Safety continued

»» Ensure the formation of the Police Review Board, ensure it has the resources needed to perform its mission, and operates transparently

»» Review hiring practices and qualifications of all incoming cadets

»» Continued engagement and outreach with the community regarding policing issues

Partners: • Department of Public Safety • Department of Finance • City Law Department • Determine best practices for provision of first aid and basic life support • U. S. Department of Justice • Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office • Ensure all public safety employees are CPR/AED certified and regularly tested • Community and faith based organizations • Examine general training and development in the Goal: Making the City of Cleveland’s Division Police Academy of Police a national model of policing and regaining the confidence of the Cleveland • Review and examine cadet candidate recruiting and community. screening

ISSUE: Police Training • Examine training requirements and qualifications of Current police training may not prepare the Division of Police Field Training Officers to effectively respond to all of the challenges they encounter. The police frequently encounter people with mental health • Review and examine the training curriculum of the challenges, in need of basic medical care, and in various stages Police Academy with emphasis on: of crisis. The Division of Police must ensure that all officers »» Bias-free policing are properly trained to effectively engage and respond to all »» Cultural and diversity training situations. »» Community Policing Council Action »» Continuing education for police officers • Examine the protocol for police receiving Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) »» City policy on background screening and • Strengthen partnership between the Division psychological testing for incoming cadets of Police, mental health provider agencies and individuals and families affected by mental illness 7 Partners: • Department of Public Safety

• Cuyahoga County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Service (ADAMHS) Board

• U. S. Department of Justice

Goal: Ensure every member of the Division of Police is properly trained to effectively respond to all situations.

ISSUE: TThe Cleveland Division of Police must have proper equipment and employ adequate technology to achieve maximum effectiveness in its »» This will involve considerations of the same policing techniques. policy concerns involved with body cameras

Council Action • Dispatch Communications - Evaluate better • Body Cameras - Closely monitor the phased roll out methods of providing information to patrol cars of body cameras and work with the Division of Police from dispatch to determine effectiveness of the camera program »» Monitor policy and procedure regarding proper Partners: protocol for use of cameras • Division of Police »» Monitor policy and procedure regarding use, • Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office storage, retention and sharing of information • U. S. Department of Justice • Mobile Data Computers - Evaluate current Goal: Every police officer and every police situation regarding mobile data car in service will have access to all information »» Ensure that all police vehicles are equipped with needed to make smart, fast decisions. All police proper computers with recent software updates actions will be properly documented to ensure the safety of the officer and the citizens being • Dash Board Cameras - Evaluate the potential served. effectiveness and cost of adding dashboard cameras as a supplement to body cameras ISSUE: Cleveland’s Division of Police must improve its response times to citizens calls for service. Currently, priority/code 1 calls can take up to 3 minutes to be dispatched and another 5.5 minutes from dispatch to time of arrival. Priority/Code 2 calls can take up to 15 minutes to be dispatched and another 12 minutes from dispatch until arrival. And Priority/Code 3 calls can take up to 60 minutes to be dispatched and another 20 minutes until police arrive. Continued on next page 8 Safety continued

Council Action • Continue to monitor police deployment plan through committee process »» Determine officer utilization plan for each district and special police operations

»» Review deployment patterns in each district

»» Review traffic enforcement in each district

»» Continuous updates on community policing strategy

»» Real time updates on the number of police personnel within the Division of Police and in the districts

• Develop a quality control monitoring system to monitor police response time to police calls on a quarterly basis, as well as conducting periodic reviews of performance

• Examine how calls are prioritized and dispatched ISSUE: The Divisions of Police, Fire and EMS all have capital needs. Each division has an aging fleet of vehicles • Examine best practices of how dispatch receives needing repairs or replacements. The divisions also need information and how it is communicated to cars on improvements in their facilities and updated equipment. the street Council Action • Examine and ensure Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) • Examine vehicle inventory in each division to system is working determine what needs to be repaired and what needs to be replaced • Continuous monitoring of police response time • Examine the cost of regular repair and maintenance Partners • Department of Public Safety • Examine the cost of replacing vehicles

Goal: Ensure police deployment strategies • Determine capital needs for buildings and equipment and response times meet the needs of our citizens and neighborhoods. • Determine cost and evaluate schedule for making capital investments in our Public Safety facilities 9 Partners • Department of Public Safety • Department of Municipal Services and Properties

• Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects

Goal: Provide for the capital needs for each Public Safety division so that each can effectively and safely serve our community.

ISSUE: Gun violence claimed nearly 100 lives in Cleveland in 2014 and inflicted physical and psychological damage to hundreds more. Gun violence continues to plague • Strengthen local penalties for violations of our citizens and neighborhoods. firearms laws

Council Action • Promote public education on the danger of firearms • Review current gun ordinances and examine their legality in the face of the State of Ohio’s capitulation • Research and examine where and how youth are able to the gun lobby and resulting weakening of local to access firearms gun-control laws • Increase number of police personnel dedicated to • Study and evaluate best practices related to suppression of youth violence suppression of gun violence • Legislate firearm safe • Enact new legally permissible codified ordinances storage laws related to firearm ownership, discharge, storage, and use • Establish a gun offender registry

• Enact mandatory sentences for unlawful discharge of a weapon

• Encourage cooperation among federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies in identifying the most violent and frequent offenders

• Continue coordination with faith communities and grassroots groups

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• Work with Department of Public Safety to identify available grants and other funding opportunities to hire additional police officers

Partners • Cleveland’s departments of Public Safety, Health and Community Relations • U. S. Attorney’s Office • Cuyahoga County Sheriff • Healthy Cleveland Initiative partners • Cuyahoga County delegation to the Ohio General Assembly • Members of Congress from Northeast Ohio • Community partners and faith based organizations

Goal: Reduce gun related homicides and ISSUE: Integrating the Divisions of Fire and injuries by reviewing current laws, reducing Emergency Medical Services may provide cost and the illegal sales of guns through stricter service efficiencies for the citizens of Cleveland. enforcement, mandatory sentencing for gun offenses, hosting gun buyback programs and Council Action working with state legislature on sensible and • Review previous attempts to integrate the divisions effective gun reforms. and determine why integration failed

• Study the feasibility of integrating the two safety divisions

• Consult with Mayor Jackson’s administration about the possibility of restarting discussions to integrate Fire and EMS

Goal: Provide the best possible fire and emergency medical services to the community.

11 Infrastructure and Asset Management

A core function of local government is to construct and maintain the infrastructure upon which life, leisure, commerce, and health depend. Government must treat its properties and vehicles as assets and maintain and manage these assets to protect the public’s investment. This Council will work with the Jackson Administration towards construction and maintenance of quality roadways and bridges. We will budget for the repair and replacement of our publicly owned assets and remain stewards of our public utilities infrastructure. Specifically, this Council will focus on the following:

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ISSUE: Cleveland’s roadways and bridges are aging and require significant investment from state, county, and City resources. Cleveland’s current processes and funding levels are not adequately addressing the need to maintain our roadway infrastructure.

Council Action Items: • Authorize funding for a complete pavement management study that will rate every roadway in the City

• Develop a complete and systematic program that would result in the resurfacing of every roadway in the City at least once every 20 years, resurfacing 5% of pARTNERS: the worst streets each year • Department of Public Works • Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects • Legislate necessary capital funding to properly maintain • Commissioner of Streets our roads and bridges • Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works

• Leverage State and NOACA funding for Cleveland’s • Ohio Public Works Commission most traveled roadways • Northeast Ohio Area Coordinating Agency (NOACA) • Utilize patch repairs when resurfacing an entire street is unnecessary Goal: Resurface each roadway in Cleveland on a regularly scheduled, systematic basis, and • Maintain and crack-seal roadways when appropriate maintain our roadways through crack-sealing, and repair potholes on a timely basis spot repair and pot-hole repair. Ensure that our bridges are safe and well maintained. • Review how pot-hole complaints are tracked and prioritized for repairs ISSUE: Vehicle Fleet • Ensure systematic approach to pot-hole repair Much of Cleveland’s vehicle fleet is aging and in a state of disrepair. Cleveland’s ability to effectively provide services to • Monitor bridge inspections by City, county and state its residents depends on a reliable vehicle fleet. Whether it is to ensure they are safe for travelers, bicyclists and safety vehicles, snow plows, or garbage trucks, these are the pedestrians vehicles required for the City to provide core municipal services to its residents. 13 Council Action Items: • Complete evaluation of City’s vehicle fleet, including police, fire, EMS, and all service vehicles

• Authorize capital spending for the purchase of new vehicles when necessary

• Monitor vehicle condition through committee process on an ongoing basis

• Develop systematic method of maintenance and replacement of our vehicles

Partners: • Department of Public Safety • Department of Public Works • Department of Port Control • Monitor capital expenditures and capital repair plan • Department of Public Utilities through the committee process

Goal: Cleveland’s safety forces and service • Develop timeline to systematically review teams will have well maintained vehicles to maintenance schedule and findings provide superior services to the citizens of Cleveland. Partners: • Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects ISSUE: Municipal Buildings and Properties • Department of Public Safety Cleveland’s municipal buildings and properties are in need of capital repairs, upgrades, and ongoing maintenance. • Department of Public Works • Department of Port Control Council Action Items: • Complete inventory and assessment of the City’s • Department of Public Utilities capital and maintenance needs for all of its properties Goal: Review capital assessment of municipal buildings and properties, allocate necessary • Authorize funding to meet the capital needs of all of funds for capital repairs and improvements, Cleveland’s properties on a systematic basis develop systematic schedule for maintenance and capital repair for every property. Every • Work with Administration on creating a capital repair municipal building and property in the City schedule of all City owned properties of Cleveland should be in good repair and welcoming to our citizens.

14 Utilities Our publicly-owned utilities are important assets and need to be managed and maintained in a way that keeps them viable, competitive and responsive to the needs of the residents and businesses of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.

ISSUE: The Division of Water must continuously invest in its capital assets to keep the Division in world class operating condition. The Division must also ensure that its customer service, billing, and performance meet the highest professional standards. • Examine master meter agreements to determine Council Action Items: if there are efficiencies to be gained between the • Determine age and condition of every component of Division of Water and the master meter communities the water delivery system from intake to delivery • Continued investment in capital plants and • Continuous monitoring of Capital Improvement equipment to maintain world class product Program • Full implementation of Automatic Meter Reading • Assess water service needs of surrounding program and Continuous monitoring of AMR system municipalities to determine if partnership opportunities exist • Continuously monitor financial management of Division of Water to ensure that all financial • Leverage capital infrastructure to expand assumptions are being met and our rate structure 15 customer base is fair Goal: Maintain world class water division ISSUE: Water Pollution Control (WPC) has a with first rate capital assets and professional need to update its capital assets and consider operations. options other than grey infrastructure.

ISSUE: Cleveland Public Power (CPP) faces significant challenges in the competitive energy market and must remain a viable and affordable source of energy for customers.

Council Action Items: • Evaluate the effectiveness of CPP in its core function of delivering power

• Examine business practices and internal Council Action Items: operations of CPP • Review and monitor the capital needs of WPC and examine flood risks in the City of Cleveland • Examine staffing patterns and open positions • Build capacity of engineering and project management for upcoming capital improvement • Evaluate condition of projects capital assets • Resolve all residential flooding issues that are caused by WPC infrastructure • Conduct assessment of the capital needs of CPP’s • Develop capital improvement plan to replace aging substations, facilities, infrastructure and vehicle fleet • Review how WPC can most effectively impact • Monitor capital improvement plans on an ongoing stream restoration, soil stabilization, and green basis to ensure operational efficiency infrastructure efforts

• Conduct analysis on the long term rate structure • Evaluate appropriate rate structure on an ongoing basis • Explore alternative business opportunities for CPP Goal: Effectively resolve current, persistent Partners: issues of flooding in the City of Cleveland. • Cleveland Public Power Implement an environmentally sustainable plan for replacement of failing infrastructure. • Cleveland Department of Public Utilities

Goal: Ensure that CPP remains a competitive and viable entity in providing power and determine optimal business plan. 16 Transportation Infrastructure

17 ISSUE: Airport The airline industry is rapidly changing, as demonstrated by the loss of the United Airlines hub at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE). CLE must take steps to remain competitive and attract carriers to restore service to key business and leisure destinations.

Council Action Items: Partners: • Determine loss of airline revenue due to United’s • Department of Port Control dehubbing • Clear Channel, Air Mall, Standard Parking, and all concessionaires of the Cleveland Airport System • Determine revenue effect of United’s dehubbing on CLE concessionaires, including the following: • Partnership »» Air Mall »» Clear Channel Airport Goal: »» Standard Parking 1. Create and maintain a competitive »» all CLE concessions environment at the Cleveland Airport System;

• Determine impact on overall employment at CLE as a 2. Restore service to key business and leisure result of dehubbing routes; and 3. Expand air cargo service. • Explore ways of maximizing non-airline revenue with Director of Port Control and better utilize Port Control ISSUE: Cleveland City Council must be more involved owned property in regional transportation planning initiatives and actively involved in the Northeast Ohio • Explore and support marketing efforts of CLE in an Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA). effort to attract carriers to restore service to key business and leisure destinations Council Action Items: • Appoint members of Council to fill all appointments • Explore methods to expand CLE’s air cargo service and alternate spots

• Explore and examine upcoming trends in the airline • Keep all members of Council updated on NOACA industry that could affect CLE and CLE’s ability to matters that will effect Cleveland generate revenues • Invite key decision makers from NOACA to brief the Council on important transportation issues

• Develop a policy position for the Council on major regional transportation issues effecting Cleveland

Goal: Cleveland City Council will be informed, engaged, and influential in regional transportation planning. 18 Workforce Development

Residents of Cleveland should be able to benefit from the unprecedented amount of investment, development, and job creation taking place in Cleveland. Simply put, we have to connect our workforce to the opportunities in our City.

ISSUE: Job Training and workforce development programs are currently fragmented, uncoordinated and difficult to navigate.

Council Action Items: • Identify and gather information on existing • Identify trade union apprenticeship programs workforce development initiatives and programs »» Identify barriers to entry »» Identify pool of applicants • Evaluate overall effectiveness of Existing Workforce »» Determine how applicants can best prepare for Development Programs apprentice training

• Evaluate disparate points of entry to various • Identify educational opportunities, adult education, programs and high school training opportunities for workforce 19 development • Compile and review all data and trends for various ISSUE: With a record number of construction projects industry growth in Cleveland taking place across Cleveland, the City needs to ensure Cleveland residents and disadvantaged • Educate residents on potential job growth areas and communities receive a fair opportunity connect them to resources and training programs to benefit as workers, contractors and suppliers.

• Convene community leaders, educators, unions, and experts to identify the job trends, training and retraining programs for those jobs, and to help match skills of workers with employers

• Create a comprehensive Point of Entry to access all available training programs, educational opportunities, and jobs

Partners: • Cleveland Office of Equal Opportunity Council Action Items: • Cleveland Municipal School • Promote Community Benefits Agreements that District clearly define goals for utilization of Cleveland Small Businesses, minority and female owned businesses, • Cuyahoga Community College and employees who will be hired for major projects • Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council • Replicate Opportunity Corridor Steering Committee on a City-wide basis • Cleveland State University • Opportunity Corridor Steering Committee • Conduct review of the Fannie Lewis law and update as needed • Governor’s Inclusion Committee for Opportunity Corridor • Encourage apprentice programs and internships for • Greater Cleveland Partnership’s Diversity City and minority residents Inclusion Program • Work to ensure that the recent agreement between • Jobs Ohio the City of Cleveland, the Cleveland Municipal School • Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce District, and the Cleveland Building and Construction Investment Board Trades Council is fully implemented and successful in providing opportunity to Cleveland residents Goal: Create a one-stop workforce portal that allows resident to identify all available education, training, apprentice, and job opportunities to bridge the divide between the workforce and available jobs. Continued on next page 20 Workforce continued

Partners: • Cleveland Office of Equal Opportunity • Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council • Cleveland Municipal School District • Greater Cleveland Partnership • Urban League of Greater Cleveland

• Cuyahoga Community College

Goal: Ensure that Cleveland workers, • Hold a symposium of community leaders, educators, contractors, vendors, and suppliers are unions, and experts to identify the jobs of the future, benefiting from Cleveland development training and retraining programs for those jobs, and projects. to help match skills of workers with employers

• Survey City and county employers on job projections and skills needed for those jobs

Partners: • Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland • Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce Investment Board

• Cleveland State University • Cuyahoga Community College ISSUE: Our workforce needs data and information to understand the trends and emerging needs • Labor unions and tech schools of the job market. • Cleveland Municipal School District Council Action Items: Goal: Develop a better understanding • Compile and review all available data and trends for of job trends and employer needs in various industry growth in Cleveland the region.

• Educate residents on potential job growth areas and connect them to resources and training programs

• Better communicate and connect actual needs of employers to schools/trades so students are properly trained and ready to fulfill job market needs

21 Development, Planning and Sustainability

The recent recession and real estate crash left Cleveland with a large number of vacant properties and blight, significantly affecting property values, neighborhood stability and new development. Elimination of blight in our neighborhoods must be a top priority of the City of Cleveland. The City of Cleveland needs to support and encourage development, investment and sustainability. Every property owner or business seeking to build or make improvements should be able to do so without confusion and layers of bureaucracy.

Continued on next page 22 Development continued Partners: ISSUE: The recent recession and real estate crash left • Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office Cleveland with a large number of vacant and • Cuyahoga County blighted properties; devastating property values, neighborhood stability, and development. • Cleveland Department of Building and Housing • Cleveland Municipal Court Housing Division Council Action Items: • Demolition - Demolish vacant buildings that pose a • Department of Public Health threat to public health and safety and lower property • Community Development Corporations values »» Continuously search for funding sources for • Cuyahoga Land Bank demolition of blighted properties • US Department of Treasury

• Reuse of Vacant Structures - Identify vacant • Ohio Attorney General’s Office properties and structures that can rehabilitated or reused in a purposeful manner to the community Goal: Significantly lower blight and Cleveland’s vacancy rate through demolition, • New Construction - Facilitate construction of new rehabilitation, and code compliance. housing where the market will support ISSUE: Cleveland’s permitting and licensing processes • Voluntary Compliance - Work with property can be cumbersome and unnecessarily difficult.T he City owners and community development corporations of Cleveland should support and encourage to achieve voluntary compliance with the building investment through a fair and fast review codes process for permitting. Every investment project, from a backyard fence to a major road project to a downtown • Code Enforcement - When property owners fail development, should experience a fast and fair process. to properly care for and invest in their properties, the Department of Building and Housing must Council Action Items: aggressively enforce the building code • Quantify the problem through a customer service survey

• Schedule briefings to City Council on current building permit processes, requirements, and appeal process

• Develop list of survey findings

• Determine bottlenecks and what slows down the process

• Develop a plan to improve process and describe how the plan will be implemented

23 • Consider every permit application important and ISSUE: There are billions of dollars currently being invested time sensitive in our City in large scale development projects and smaller »» Just as the City has committed to improve the scale neighborhood-based projects. With few exceptions, all permitting process for RNC related matters, this of these projects will require legislative action improved process must apply to all permitting by Council. In order to keep attracting investment, and requests, however large or small make sure projects remain consistently on schedule, the City of Cleveland will have to be expedient and efficient in its Partners: operations and in its legislation. • Division of Assessment and Licenses • City of Cleveland Department of Building and Council Action Items: Housing • Council will be an active and engaged partner supporting planning and investment efforts in • Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects Cleveland • Department of Economic Development • Support public and private organizations actively • Board of Building Standards & Appeals engaged in planning, developing, and investing in • Board of Zoning Appeals Cleveland • Construction Employers Association • Monitor and review large scale projects such as • Greater Cleveland Partnership Public Square, Lakefront Plan, Innerbelt Bridge, West Shoreway and Opportunity Corridor to ensure that Goal: For the City of Cleveland to be viewed projects are proceeding on time and on budget as open for business and welcoming to those who want to expand business, develop new • Efficiently legislate and act to encourage investment businesses or update property. in the City of Cleveland Continued on next page 24 Development continued

Partners: • City of Cleveland, Planning Commission • Group Plan Commission • Alliance • Destination Cleveland • • Inc • Developers, stakeholders, public safety • Community Development Corporations

Goal: Council will be an active and engaged partner supporting planning and investment efforts in Cleveland. Zoning and Planning ISSUE: Cleveland’s current zoning code is out of date and not in line with the Connecting Cleveland 2020 Citywide plan.

Council Action Items: • Authorize a survey analysis of all current zoning conditions and overlays

• Upgrade zoning code to current conditions and to reflect the Connecting Cleveland 2020 Citywide plan

Partners: • Department of Building and Housing • Community Development Corporations and Neighborhood Merchant Associations • Department of Planning

• Greater Cleveland Partnership

Goal: Create modern zoning code to reflect current commercial and residential demands and needs.

25 Sustainability

We must be sure that any legislative actions consider creating a future that is sustainable. Water quality, energy efficiency, solid waste disposal, sustainable transportation, and creation of green spaces have to be priority considerations in all that City Council legislates.

ISSUE: Cleveland needs to continue towards its goal of sustainable policies and guidelines.

Council Action Items: • Continue to support the goals of the Complete and Green Streets ordinance »» In all construction projects involving public rights of way, Council will advocate for more pedestrian friendly roadways »» Transit Waiting Areas »» Way-finding signage

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• Advocate for surfaces that control run-off and promote water quality including encouraging permeable pavement when possible

• Review aesthetic considerations associated with construction projects

• Require bike and multi-use paths on all road Partners: construction projects • Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Stewardship Council

• Ensure ADA accessibility for transportation projects • Division of Water Pollution Control • North East Ohio Regional Sewer District • Support energy efficiency in the way services are provided • Bike Cleveland »» Use of LED lighting »» Anti-idling for motor vehicles • OSU Extension »» Fuel efficiency in the purchase of new vehicles • Division of Waste

• Support urban farms and local food production • Cleveland Public Power

• • Support efforts to keep Lake Erie clean and all clean water efforts Goal: Cleveland City Council will continue to • Support community gardens, landscaping along advocate for the livability and environmental streets, bike paths, and other public green spaces health of the community and advance the goals of Sustainable Cleveland 2019 and the Complete and Green Streets ordinance passed in 2011.

27 In conclusion, this agenda was developed in consultation with committee chairs and Council members. It will serve as a guide for how we do business over the next three years and will guide us in setting our priorities. It will guide us in how we move this City forward.

Cleveland City Council looks forward to taking a leadership role on major issues that affect our future, including but not limited to: the challenges of hosting a national political convention; promoting regional cooperation; continuing dialogue with East Cleveland; ensuring that the Public Square renovation is successful; furthering Cleveland’s reputation as a welcoming City for immigrants and refugees; maximizing our technology and fiber infrastructure; and working towards a system of education that will provide hope for our future.

This agenda is intended to give Council a more focused approach to how we conduct legislative matters. We will use this agenda as a guide when reviewing budgets, legislation, and other matters that come before the Council.

City Council will provide periodic updates to the community on progress made towards these agenda items. This document intended to be flexible and will be updated on an as needed basis.

Council will continue to work closely with Mayor Frank Jackson and his administration to make Cleveland stronger and safer. For the region to be strong, Cleveland must be strong.

Kevin J. Kelley Phyllis E. Cleveland Terrell H. Pruitt President, Majority Leader, Majority Whip, Cleveland City Council Cleveland City Council Cleveland City Council

28 A Publication of Cleveland City Council, June 2015 • www.ClevelandCityCouncil.org