The Cleveland Opportunity Corridor Project Final Environmental Impact

APPENDIX D4: PUBLIC COMMENTS

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Appendix D4 - Page 2 Comment ID No. B2 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 away from the place the road is going to come 2 through, but look at the cost. That's all. 3 MS. ADAMS: First of all, I looked 4 at the home acquisition map and for 7102 Grand 5 Avenue, it showed a lot of property under the 6 acquisition, but it is showing where they said 7 it was going to be one or two properties left 8 alone that they could consider acquiring that 9 property. So I was concerned about that being 10 able to -- for them being able to acquire that 11 property. 12 In addition to that, I am concerned 13 that the streets that have not been repaved or 14 had any attention to them for many, many years, 15 are they being sacrificed for this project? 16 You know, the cars are being torn up. People 17 are getting to their destination, maybe not at 18 the speed that they want to get at, but I think 19 with them using some of that money to repair 20 the main streets like Woodland, Buckeye, 21 Quincy, Cedar, Chester and Carnegie that 22 mainstream into University Circle, there may or 23 may not be a need for this corridor 24 necessarily, but I do think they need to have 25 some more attention to mass transit involved

Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 3 Page: 8 Comment ID No. B2 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 and the repair of the existing highways and 2 streets that service the community. 3 MS. GONZALEZ: I live on 2909 East 4 57th Street. I am right, where you call right 5 across the street from the rapid station. I 6 mean, we only have about six houses standing. 7 All the other ones are boarded up, abandoned or 8 a couple of them have been knocked down. 9 What I don't like is that every day 10 we see drug dealers in front of my house. I 11 open my door. There's people there sitting in 12 the car, and I actually see them exchanging 13 drugs and money. It's kind of scary. I don't 14 like my kids coming over or my grandkids. I 15 mean, I'm all for it, me and her. She's my 16 neighbor, my next door neighbor, because the 17 house to my right already has been knocked 18 down. The one right in front of me, my 19 sister-in-law walked away from it. She's next 20 to me, the one next to her is boarded up. 21 People sit there actually waiting 22 for their drugs to be delivered, so we're all 23 for it, me and her. I don't care about anybody 24 else, but I just want to get out. I'm tired. 25 You've got too much going on around there, and

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1 but I also want my son to have the opportunity, 2 as the children that are in Shaker and Beachwood, 3 to be able to ride their bikes back and forth 4 to school. They're not having to fight 5 between a vehicle and a car to get to their 6 destination. If you notice, if you go through 7 Beachwood and Shaker right now, they have bike 8 paths that they put down. Are we creating an 9 environment like that? 10 DEBRA ADAMS: Hello. My name is 11 Debra Adams. I just have a couple concerns. 12 One is I wasn't clear on the distance between 13 the pedestrian crossings and I was concerned 14 about the safety of those people that will 15 need to use that. Also, I didn't know if any 16 mention or thought was put into drainage and 17 flooding for the homes that would be 18 remaining, how that runoff would impact the 19 residents in those communities. In addition 20 to seeing the RTA that that goes down Euclid, 21 is there any proposed transit that's going to 22 be part of this freeway system so the people 23 can park their car in a location and then 24 catch that bus to go to University Circle or 25 stops along the way? But those were some of

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January 3, 2014

Mr. Myron S. Pakush District Deputy Director District 12 Ohio Department of Transportation 5500 Transportation Blvd. Garfield Heights, OH 44125

Dear Mr. Pakush:

This letter is in response to a Nov. 14, 2013 letter from Kenneth Westlake, Chief ofUSEPA's NEPA Implementation Section, to Noel Mehlo Jr., Environmental Program Manager of the FHW A's Ohio Division, regarding the USEPA's EC-2 rating of the Opportunity Corridor Draft Environmental Impact . Statement.

In particular, we would like to provide input to two specific recommendations outlined in the USEPA response. The first is "that ODOT coordinate further with GCRTA, the city of Cleveland, and HUD to consider TOO [Transit Oriented Development] oppmtunities that could be specifically linked to this proposed roadway." In the second, the USEPA recommends "the FEIS should identify which, if any, rail transit station or bus routes will be eliminated, re-located, or added along the project corridor." ' . . To that end, All Aboard Ohio, a nonprofit association of rail and transit passengers, requests ODOT to consider analysis of the following in the Final Environmental Impact Statement:

• Relocation of the East 79th Red Line station to near East 89th Street, in the vicinity of Buckeye Road and Woodland Avenue, as recommended in the Dual Hub Transitional Analysis adopted by GCRTA et al (see diagrams attached). • Lengthen the East 105th_Quincy Red Line station platform to accommodate 3-car trains and add a station pedestrian entrance from the east side of a widened East 105th Street (see diagram attached). • Partner with the City of Cleveland and the affected CDCs on TOO planning and zoning, including making available a basket of incentives to developers for providing a dense mix of land uses within a half-mile radius of both stations.

Guidance for addressing many of these issues exists in the Dual Hub Transitional Analysis of 1995, adopted by GCRTA, the City of Cleveland, Federal Transit Administration and NOACA as the Preferred Investment Strategy for this corridor, which included improvements to the existing Red Line rapid transit in today's Opportunity Corridor. Recommendations of the Transitional Analysis were since substantially implemented as the HealthLine BRT, but also includes one of four Red Line station relocated closer to ridership generators and station-area development oppmtunities. Ground was broken in October for the lone station relocation- the Little Italy-University Circle station, to be moved from Euclid-East !20th.

All Aboard Ohio asks ODOT, GCRTA, City of Cleveland and HUD to carefully consider relocating the East 79th Red Line station to the East 89th area- preferably a site betw.een Buckeye Road and Woodland Avenue. We concur with the Dual Hub Transitional Analysis that the East 89th site offers much more opportunity for future growth in ridership compared to the current East 79th Red Line station. We see little or no hope for transit-suppmtive development in the vicinity of the East 79th station, which GCRT A staff has considered either rebuilding or possibly closing due to low ridership.

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All Aboard Ohio-Opportunity Corridor DEIS January 3, 2014

The lack of hope for transit-supportive development at the East 79th Red Line site is because former Van Dorn Iron Works parcels were recently acquired by Orlando Baking Co. on the west side of East 79th and a subsidiary of Kuhnle Brothers Trucking Inc. on the east side. We fully support continued rail transit service to the East 79 111 corridor at the Blue/Green Line station where future development is more likely.

1 In contrast to the East 79 h Red Line station area, there are more substantial residential areas to the nmih of a possible East 89th station site. Also, given the smaller parcel sizes, vacant lands and layout of streets in the vicinity of a potential station site between Buckeye and Woodland, we believe there are TOD opportunities in this area with the engagement of the affected community development corporations. The station can be an imp011ant gateway to the former Hungarian Hill neighborhood which offers some important assets, namely St. Elizabeth Church and the Kenneth L. Johnson Recreation Center.

Fatiher east, the East 1OS1h-Quincy station was rebuilt a few years ago with a short, one-car platform and an access point on to Quincy. With plans for the Oppotiunity Corridor coming into focus, this station can be expanded to capitalize on a widened East l 05 111 Street via a platform lengthened to acconunodate J~car trains (see attached diagram) and new pedestrian access from the improved East 105th Street.

To achieve this, a pedestrian access point could be provided on the east side of the East 105th Street bridge which is where the original station access point was prior to the rebuilding and relocation of the station to Quincy. We similarly envision that health-care related development, along with supportive activities such as housing, retail and offices for medical and educational facilities from neighboring 1 University Circle, may spread southward along East 105 h toward the Red Line station. We urge the station be designed to provide direct pedestrian/bicycle access to the East 105th conidor and the city's land use plan for this corridor support pedestrian/bicycle-friendly routes and environments.

All Aboard Ohio believes these suggestions are consistent with the framework of the recommendations made by the USEPA to ODOT and GCRTA. We believe they are also consistent with the Dual Hub Conidor Transitional Analysis land use planning being carried out by the City of Cleveland, GCRTA and CDCs at other rapid transit stations to support a growing interest in low-mileage lifestyles and improved access to jobs and neighborhood services. We therefore urge ODOT to consider their inclusion in its FEIS and funding plan for the Opp01iunity Corridor. Thank you for your consideration.

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Cc: Kenneth Westlake, USEPA Noel Mehlo Jr., FHWA Grace Gallucci, NOACA Joe Calabrese, GCRT A Robeti Brown, CPC Timothy Tramble, BBC Vickie Eaton Johnson, FRDC

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From: McFarland, Amanda To: "Manna House" Subject: RE: ODOT District 12 Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 4:17:00 PM

Dear Curtis Allen,

Thank you for contacting the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) with your comments regarding the Opportunity Corridor project. Your questions and/or comments will be made part of the public record regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Opportunity Corridor project and shared with the project staff.

Safe and pleasant travels,

Amanda (Lee) McFarland, Public Information Officer Ohio Department of Transportation District 12: Serving Cuyahoga, Lake & Geauga Counties Ph: 216.584.2005

From: Manna House [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1:26 PM To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: [email protected] Subject: ODOT District 12

My name is Curtis Allen and my phone number is 216-659-7615. My address is 2618 E.111th street. This project is not fair to the community and is very unnessary and a waste of public money.

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Appendix D4 - Page 8 Comment ID No. B6 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 general, the proposal has been modified in 2 order to provide minimal impact to the 3 neighborhood, except for one thing, and the 4 issue is that they will be closing Hyacinth 5 Avenue, which is a major entrance to the 6 neighborhood. And we need to have a much 7 better mitigation of that closure because 8 Hyacinth runs all the way through the 9 neighborhood. 10 In other words, it just doesn't go 11 one long block. It goes ten blocks all the way 12 through the heart of the neighborhood with the 13 alternative entrances only going one to two 14 blocks, so we need some major design or 15 mitigation or entryway features that will help 16 draw the traffic through the neighborhood and 17 highlight an alternative route. 18 MR. BASZUK: I have a question. 19 What will be done to accommodate the change in 20 traffic pattern in the North Broadway/Hyacinth 21 neighborhood for the increase of amount of 22 traffic on the neighborhood streets, 23 considering that people in that neighborhood 24 have gone to great lengths to have Westmore 25 Avenue extended so that we can reduce traffic

Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 9 Page: 3 Comment ID No. B6 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 in our residential neighborhood from commercial 2 traffic as well as automobiles? 3 MR. SCHAERFL: Now, environmentally, 4 there's going to be 13 traffic sections. Now 5 what kind of a traffic, scientific traffic 6 management system are you going to have so that 7 I don't have to stop at every one of those 13 8 traffic lights? 9 In Detroit, they time them. If you 10 start at a traffic light and you maintain 35 11 miles an hour on Michigan Avenue, one of the 12 most populus avenues in the United States, you 13 don't catch a light. You just keep on going. 14 So I want to know out of the 13 15 lights how many am I going to have to stop at? 16 Five, six, eight or 13. And it's 17 environmentally because you've got a gasoline 18 car running at idle giving carbon monoxide out. 19 So I want an efficient traffic utilization 20 study so they can streamline the traffic going 21 through it, and they have cameras. They did it 22 in Parma. They had Ridge Road. They used to 23 stop at every light on Ridge Road. Now, they 24 looked at the traffic, and you can go from 25 Brookpark all the way to the mall without

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Name: - Joe Baur Address: - 668 Euclid Ave. Unit 604 City/Town: - Cleveland State: - OH ZIP: - 44114 Email Address: - [email protected] Phone Number: - 2167045179

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I find the Opportunity Corridor to be an incredible waste of tax dollars, prioritizing suburban commutes over the needs of the city's residents. These inner-city highways with sound barriers have proven to be detrimental to neighborhoods while encouraging people to live farther away from the city. It also prioritizes new road construction in a city already overrun with crumbling roads. Why not use these funds to better our already drastically underfunded public transportation system to serve the car-free community? Many of the residents through these neighborhoods do not have a car, RTA has said they would not make service a priority on this road, therefore the very residents that are supposed to benefit from this project wouldn't even have access to it. I moved back to to this city because I thought we were moving toward progressive transportation policies. This project reeks of the "promised opportunity" from highways that have since decimated urban neighborhoods and I strongly oppose it.

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From: Joe Baur To: Lee, Amanda Subject: Opportunity Corridor Date: Thursday, October 03, 2013 9:26:46 AM

Good Morning,

My name is Joe Baur, 27-year-old Clevelander living downtown with some comments on the Opportunity Corridor.

I moved back to Cleveland two years ago because I was excited about what I saw as a new, progressive direction the city was heading in. The Euclid Corridor project proved to be a success, seemingly providing the physical proof this city so desperately needed that the future of American cities is in alternative modes of transportation. With that in mind, I picked out an apartment downtown specifically because it's located close to the Rapid and has a HealthLine stop right outside.

Since then, my perception of the direction our city is heading in has change for the worst.

We've welcomed more parking downtown by adding a casino parking garage, the city has not followed through on promises for more bike lanes; and now ODOT, the city and groups led by suburban residents are trying to sell us on the Opportunity Corridor. This is a new road that we cannot afford. And since my generation is the one who will have to be paying for this road, I feel the need to say something.

First, we absolutely do not need a new road in Cleveland. We have plenty that need attention as is. Current infrastructure is failing across the city, and I question the funding for the upkeep of already existing roads. Federal funding, regardless of the government shutdown, is waning. What is ODOT’s plan once this money goes away? The Opportunity Corridor will only add to our existing infrastructure problems.

Also, this road is going through a part of town where people largely rely on public transportation. How can ODOT honestly say this project is about them and not suburban commuters when many neighborhood residents won't even be able to access the road? RTA has already said the proposed corridor would not be a priority for them.

Second, ODOT is trying to sell this project as a boulevard, not a highway. Yes, the stated speed limit is 35mph. But anyone who has ever driven in Cleveland knows nobody pays attention to the speed limit. Ontario Avenue off the highway downtown has posted signs for 25mph, yet cars are encouraged to go faster with wide lanes and they happily do so. Not to mention the proposed sound barriers reek of highway, not a street or boulevard where businesses will flourish in a hard-hit part of Cleveland.

Young Clevelanders, the very ones breathing new life into our urban core, have spoken loudly against this project and others like it that contributes to our existing,

Appendix D4 - Page 13 Appendix D4 - Page 13 Comment ID No. B9 unsustainable infrastructure. Sweet Moses! When will the state government and ODOT listen to us? People are driving less. Plenty of people who cannot afford a car, $10,000 per year, are forced to own one because of projects like this. We need to stop with the 1950’s thinking of getting people out of the city to the suburbs as quickly as possible and start with a fresh, 21st Century perspective if we want Cleveland to thrive today and in the years to come.

I strongly urge ODOT to cancel this project and redirect the $300-plus million designated for the Opportunity Corridor toward redeveloping our existing infrastructure for alternative modes of transportation.

Thank you for your time.

Cheers,

Joe

-- Joe Baur

"Writer. Traveler. Meddler." joebaur.com

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Cleveland citizens and sustainable transportation activists have raised numerous questions about the Opportunity Corridor project. The key questions include: Where will the project have the greatest impact? Will it facilitate the redevelopment of distressed east side neighborhoods? Or will it promote more sprawl development in the suburbs by making it easier for commuters to drive in and out of the city? Who will benefit the most? Is lack of highway access really the limiting factor for development on the east side of Cleveland? If so, then why hasn’t the Carnegie Avenue corridor redeveloped? It has been a main access road from I-90 for decades. Will the Opportunity Corridor help to create a vibrant place where people want to be or a corridor to pass through? The current design, with its wide road right-of-way and sound walls, certainly does not seem inspired by good placemaking. (The project is called a “corridor” after all.) Does Cleveland want to increase the number of people driving in an out of the city or the number of people living in the city? If the latter, then it’s better to constrain highway access so more people will move close to jobs and urban activities. That’s the secret of world-class, livable cities like Vancouver. Will the Opportunity Corridor reduce overall demand for transportation by car? Given the challenges of climate change and obesity, we should be designing cities that promote walkable, transit-oriented lifestyles. A road like the Opportunity Corridor seems designed to induce more driving, not less. And what will it do the gridlock and parking shortages that exist already in University Circle? Why is ODOT leading the project? ODOT has no urban design vision. Its job is to make it easier for people to drive faster. The city should have learned its lesson with the West Shoreway debacle.

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These measures are not enough to offset the negative impacts of a road that will induce more driving in Cleveland. We need a comprehensive study of transportation demand management for University Circle and surrounding neighborhoods.

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From: David Beach To: Lee, Amanda Subject: Opportunity Corridor DEIS comment - No alternatives studied Date: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 10:50:55 AM

Hi,

Please add this comment to my previous comments submitted online and at the Oct. 1 public hearing.

Perhaps the biggest procedural failing of the Opportunity Corridor planning process was that no real alternatives were studied. Aside from the No Build alternative, the only things studied were minor adjustments to the route within the corridor. No other options were considered.

Alternatives should have included transportation demand management strategies in University Circle, transit improvements in the Forgotten Triangle area, transit- oriented develop strategies around the RTA Rapid stops in the area, and improvements to existing roads.

Thanks.

------David Beach Cleveland

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1 mini industrial complex; that's not a 2 neighborhood. Before this area was known as a 3 forgotten triangle. Now it's just going to be 4 another forgotten triangle in this area and 5 also we don't have any guarantees from the 6 city that there will be any additional 7 planning efforts for this area, such as 8 affordable housing for the residents who wish 9 to remain in this area. People have been in 10 this area for over four generations and they 11 would like to stay here, other than being 12 given a minimum package to move. 13 And lastly, the east side 14 neighborhoods would be displaced permanently, 15 and changing the leadership over and taking 16 the residents from the neighborhood will take 17 away this east side voting. Thank you. 18 MS. LEE: Now, we have David 19 Beach and, on deck, Walter Collins. 20 MR. BEACH: David Beach. Thank 21 you very much for the opportunity to speak. 22 I'm a resident of Cleveland. I live in the 23 Shaker Square neighborhood. I was just near 24 the project area. I also work in the 25 University Circle area, so I would be directly

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1 impacted by this project. There are lots of 2 questions about the Opportunity Corridor. 3 Where will the project have the greatest 4 impact? Will it facilitate the redevelopment 5 of the east side neighborhoods or will it 6 promote more development in the suburbs by 7 just making commuters? Who will benefit the 8 most? Will the Opportunity Corridor help to 9 create a vibrant place where people want to be 10 or just a corridor to pass through? The 11 current design, which is a wide-road 12 right-of-way and sound walls certainly does 13 not seem inspired by good place making. Does 14 Cleveland want to increase the number of 15 people driving out of the city or the number 16 of people living in the city and the latter? 17 And it's better to constrain highway access 18 while advising in transit and other 19 alternatives. Some more people will move 20 close to jobs. That's the secret of world 21 class cities like Vancouver, demand for 22 transportation. Given the challenges of 23 climate change and obesity, we should be 24 designing city walkable transit-oriented 25 lifestyles. This seems designed to induce

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1 more driving, not less. And what will it do 2 to the gridlock congestion that's already 3 happening in the University Circle area as we 4 invite more cars to drive in that area? 5 So in sum, the Opportunity Corridor 6 really seems like a road project from the 7 1960's. It's not a design solution for a 8 carbon contained world for the future. It 9 should be rethought beginning with the efforts 10 to reduce transportation demands in University 11 Circle and urban design focus, making it safe 12 on the east side. And the state must change 13 its transportation funding policy so the 14 opportunity can be reallocated to help build a 15 truly more sustainable city. 16 MS. LEE: Now we have Walter 17 Collins and on deck Marty Gelfano. 18 MR. COLLINS: My name is Walter 19 Collins. I'm a resident in this area and 20 business owner in this area. And my concern 21 is as the first gentleman that stood up and 22 said something about the training and the DBE 23 program. My concern is minority participation 24 and at the same time somebody monitor this 25 minority participation with good faith effort

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I work at the VAMC just north of this project. I commute from Twinsburg nearly every day. My commuting time has increased by 30% because of construction on E105 and MLK and Cedar and E105. I regularly travel E105 to Saved Views (1) Quincy, to Woodhill, to E93 to Miles, to Broadway. This path is historically the shortest and fastest way to and from work. I don't understand the need for any of the project that is currently underway or the Opportunity Corridor as the ? roads that are currently there seem under traveled for the most part. I think an easier solution could be better sequencing of stoplights and using roundabouts. How long will this project take and how will this project benefit Original View (No rules applied) people traveling from the south east?

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 12: Community Corridor Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 2:45:22 PM

My name is Larry Brown and I live at 1361 E.117th street. My phone number is 216-721- 7450. I am the pianist for the Manna Church. If the streets will be closed off will I still be able to play on Sunday if no busses are able to take me? No! I do not agree with the changes that the city proposed!

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this is a horrible waste of a ton of money that could be spent on transit and modifying existing lights to be timed to better coordinate traffic,to repair existing roads, to provide better transit infrastructure and lastly to provide a truly citywide bike infrastructure

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Subject: ODOT District 12 Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1:19:15 PM

My name is David Carroll and my phone number is 216-707-0065. My address is 2297 E.97th street. I do not want the highway coming through my neighborhood because it will be killing the neighborhood and will hurt the people in the area!

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Appendix D4 - Page 29 Appendix D4 - Page 29 Comment ID No. B20 COMMENT FORM PUBLIC HEARING I OCTOBER 1, 2013

Please use this space to record your comments ab out the project. You may return this sheet to the comment box Tonight. Or, you may fold to show the address on back, tape and mail. A stamp is required. Please send your comments No later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2013. To help us understand your comments better, please complete the information below (mark all that apply to you). Own property in project area .... Address X Live in or near project area ..... Address 2624 East 124th Street Cleveland Ohio 44120 X Business owner/employee ...... Where Fairfax neighborhood Other ...... Specify

Wyonette Cheairs Name Address (if different from above) 216 224-4238 [email protected] Phone Number Email Do you have any comments about the preferred alternative? You may use additional pages if needed. T his project is poorly conceived and has major negative implications for the community. The major benefactor will be commuters from outside the impacted community. This project offers many promises but few guarantees for the immediate community.

My major concerns are as follows: 1) creating cul-de-sac/closing streets. Woodhill Road at East 105 & Quincy Ave is a major thoroughfare with a high volume of vehicular traffic. This is the route for the #10 bus line which is one of GCRTA high volume buses. Closing this road will create barriers for the thousands of people who travel this street and rely on public transportation. Many of the residents rely on public transportation as its their only means of commuting. Rerouting the bus will cause for a longer walking commute and make it difficult for the elderly, youth, and physically disabled. 2) creating cul-de-sac on East 89th at Frederick and Kennedy. This street serves as a main access way for local north south travel. This street is home to a historic landmark Karamu House who has plans for expansion. Fairfax neighborhood master plan includes

major development along Quincy Ave and East 89th serves as the gateway into the community. Blocking access on East 89th will affect development plans and inhibit direct access to minority owned businesses on the south part of East 89th. One of the project goals is to improve the roadway network within a "historically underserved, economically depressed area" however creating cul-de-sacs on 9 streets does not improve mobility nor does it improve the system linkages with the community but it does the opposite by creating barriers for stakeholders.

Please review and consider another alternative that doesn't cause impediments. 3) Displacing stakeholders- ensure stakeholders are fairly compensated for being displaced. Fair market value in this economy is insufficient and will not adequately compensate people for being Appendix D4 - Page 30ceptable. Some of the displaced. 4) Roads are not pedestrian friendly with wide turn radius, and numerous blocks in between stop lights. Will cause more pollution from the vehicle emissions. The measures being proposed to Appendix "mitigate D4the - unavoidPage 30 able impacts" are unacceptable. Some of theimpacts avoidableare if more time is spent to find acceptable solutions. If this corridor is the people of "Forgotten Triangle" please consider not creating barriers for those you categorize as "low income and minority population" only to create greater access for those who are not vested in this area. Comment IDthe No.CLEVELAND B20 OPPORTUNITY CORRIDOR PROJECT U.S. Department of Transportation FederalHighway Administration ODOT is considering including the measures listed to the x Job training assistance -Provide funding to right in the project. Please give your thoughts about these help existing job training programs. measures below. You may use additional pages if needed. x Noise barriers - Use alternative materials to improve the look of noise barriers if the impacted Expedited job training programs must coincide with the project owners want them. x Urban agriculture - Provide financial aid to implementation. Training need to start as soon as possible to ensure assist in the planning for sites included in the Urban Agricultural Innovation Zone in the residents can work on the project. Kinsman neighborhood. The items listed are not sufficient to mitigate what is being taken away. x St. Hyacinth neighborhood - Construct enhancements along Maurice and Bellford avenues to help create a new entrance into the St. Hyacinth neighborhood. Street trees and sidewalk and pavement improvements could be included. x DBE goal - Increase the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) construction goal in the construction contract(s). x Enhanced bus shelters -Build enhanced bus shelters where existing bus lines cross the new boulevard (Kinsman Road, East 79th Street, Buckeye Road, and Quincy and Cedar avenues). Fold Here Place Stamp Here ODOT District 12 Attn: Amanda Lee 5500 Transportation Blvd. Garfield Heights, OH 44125 to close, tape (do not staple) here Please send your comments no laterAppendixthan D45:00p.m. - Page 31on Thursday, October 31 , 2013. Comment ID No. B21 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 I'm just scared. What if there's a drug deal 2 gone wrong, the shooting starts, and they're 3 right in front of my house? Guess where it's 4 going to go? Inside my house. Thank you. 5 MS. CHIMILESKI: I'm all for the 6 project because I've lived in my neighborhood 7 33 years. I've been in the house where I live 8 20 years. I don't feel safe anymore, like she 9 said. There's drug dealers out there. They're 10 shooting. The houses are torn down, boarded 11 up. I don't feel safe coming out my own 12 driveway anymore. 13 Once, I was unloading my groceries. 14 There was a black African-American man standing 15 this far from me (indicating), and it's like -- 16 my daughter grew up there. She's in Florida. 17 She's scared to come back because she don't 18 want my grandkids being harmed, and it's 19 just -- there's so much houses being torn down, 20 boarded up. It's people that rent. I used to 21 be a renter. They're dirty. They're filthy. 22 Last week I was riding my bike 23 around the neighborhood. For some reason 24 just -- I went around all the streets where I 25 used to live. I used to deliver the Plain

Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 32 Page: 10 Comment ID No. B21 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 Dealer for 14 years. Man, the houses are all 2 boarded up, and they're all gone, and it's not 3 like our old neighborhood. It used to be a 4 nice Polish neighborhood, and now it's just -- 5 to me, it's the slums. 6 MS. GONZALEZ: Right. That's what 7 I don't get. What exactly are they trying to 8 save? There's nothing to save. 9 MS. CHIMILESKI: Right. I can see 10 if they were to come do a project, some people 11 say they shouldn't go where they have gone, but 12 in certain ways they should cut off, maybe not 13 go as far, but over in our area, but you know, 14 they have to go where they want to go to extend 15 the whole thing, and I'm for the project. 16 MR. STOCKING: I just wondered 17 about the intersection at Quincy and Woodhill. 18 Right now the plan is, it's proposed to be a 19 dead end, but that's a pretty major 20 intersection, and there's two RTA lines that 21 use that main road, the number 10 and the 22 number 11 buses. The number 11 services a lot 23 of the public for people that are going 24 downtown, and the number 10 connects the green 25 and blue line trains and the red line trains

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1 several bridges -- in fact, I think one of the 2 gentleman said he had eight of them. You're 3 going to have bridges that approach the 4 environments and also from the roadways that 5 go under or above. I just wonder between 75th 6 Street and East 55th, how much of that roadway 7 is elevated? There really is not a terra 8 firma or ground level. So maybe you have to 9 cut these profiles and show some of these 10 citizens really what you've got here on the 11 profile of that roadway, both five lane and 12 also the four-lane roadways. I can see 93rd 13 Street comes out level, but I think you better 14 be honest with the people on what you've got 15 here is an elevated or grade level roadway. 16 MS. LEE: At this time is there 17 anyone else who would like to make a comment? 18 RICHARD CISSELL: Hello. My name is 19 Rich Cissell. I'm a resident of Cleveland 20 Heights. I'm opposed to this project for a 21 number of reasons. I think probably the most 22 glaring one is right here on this pamphlet 23 that I've given, that the purpose of this road 24 is to improve the underserved, economically 25 depressed area in the City of Cleveland. I

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1 don't think this project does any of that at 2 all. It does nothing to provide or improve 3 any transit options for any of the people 4 living in the neighborhood. It's ridiculously 5 expensive. As somebody just said earlier, you 6 gave $331 million to the groups that are 7 already working in this part of town. I'm 8 sure they could find a much better use for it 9 than bulldozing a highway through their 10 neighborhood. 11 You know, later on in this same 12 brochure there are two pedestrian/bike 13 bridges. Seems like if we are improving 14 transit options, there shouldn't be a need to 15 funnel people through this highway. There are 16 going to be 19 new dead-end streets as a 17 result of the project, which, again, does 18 nothing to provide connection to the 19 neighborhood. It really serves to funnel 20 suburb employees from their homes to their 21 jobs quicker. 22 And lastly, I could drive through 23 this neighborhood on my way to and from work 24 every day. I work in Ohio City. I live in 25 Cleveland Heights. To take that all the way

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1 across town because the roads down here are 2 already so bad, I don't think my car can take 3 much more of it. It seems if we can take care 4 of the roads already down here, it doesn't 5 make much sense to start building new ones. 6 JAN RIDGEWAY: Jan Ridgeway, and I 7 am a stake holder in Garden Valley as the 8 director of Garden Valley Neighborhood House 9 and I live in University Circle. So I am on 10 both ends of this project. I think that it is 11 very important that those of us here share 12 with others who are not here about the 13 importance of expressing your opinion about 14 this project. You have an opportunity to 15 write your comments, you've had an opportunity 16 tonight to share those comments verbally, and 17 I think that if there is equity at all in the 18 way that this project is eventually 19 implemented, then progress will happen, but we 20 need to make sure that our input is part of this 21 process. And I think that if we have 22 listened, I think that there have been some 23 very vital concerns expressed tonight. 24 I want to say this: It is so 25 important that our community seek us on these

Tackla & Associates Page: 77 Appendix D4 - Page 36 Comment ID No. B22 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 coordinator, how do an organization, which is a 2 non-profit, have spent over thousands of hours 3 and over half a million dollars and work on 4 their project, how do we be compensated in 5 payment for our work, and how do we also move 6 forward to bring this project back to life? 7 We are a business owner on this East 8 79th property. I would also like to add, our 9 project will impact the community and youth and 10 bring tens of thousands of careers as well as 11 thousands of jobs to youth and to the 12 community. Thank you for your support. 13 MS. COLE: When I came in, I had no 14 comment, but as I listened, this is a great 15 concern to me. This corridor, in my opinion, 16 seems to be here to please the Big C, which is 17 Cleveland Clinic and the juvenile detention 18 center; not the kids, but the judges. They 19 feel the need to have more security to come 20 into this neighborhood and to me, with our 21 schools in disarray, their education, some of 22 this really is a waste because they can really 23 be using this money to help our kids if they 24 really wanted to change this community, 25 especially this community. Thanks.

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1 and that people utilize -- and the city and 2 the county, state, ODOT utilize the good faith 3 effort, because all that does is make a crook 4 out of some of these people. We need to have 5 people of color working in our neighborhood. 6 Now, I don't want the negative impact of this 7 in this forum that you're putting on, but the 8 truth of it is we need black participation 9 that comes through our community. 10 Now, who's monitoring it? I don't 11 know who's supposed to monitor it. But our 12 kids, our grand kids are on these streets, 13 going up and down while all this construction 14 is going on. We want someone to look out for 15 our concern. Now the city has their program, 16 ODOT has the DBE program, but what I'm saying 17 to you is there's enough people in this 18 community that don't want to see black folks 19 sitting on the side while other people are 20 doing the work in our community, and we are 21 tired. 22 MS. LEE: Now we have Marty 23 Gelfano and on deck Juliana Sandock. 24 MS. GELFANO: Good afternoon. I 25 posted a picture of a bald eagle and a tree at

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 12 Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 12:26:45 PM

My name is Donna Crosby and I live at 5882 Kimberly Drive Bedford Hts., Ohio 44146. My phone number is 440-945-6632. If 89th street is closed off it woild make it harder for us to get to our church on Cedar ave. traveling from Bedford 3 times a week. I do not agree to the division 12 changes you propose to make.

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 12 Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 12:33:11 PM

My name is Darrel Crosby and I live at 5882 Kimberly Drive Bedford Hts., Ohio 44146. My number is 440-945-6632. I do work in the area which I help senior citizens, who are members of our church. If the street or any for this reason is closed it would be very hard to help them and our community needs all access to east 89th street open. I do not agree with the changes to be made by the opportunity corridor.

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1 it. The only thing people have done in the 2 CDC community development, they let them 3 invest in our neighborhoods. When this money 4 is dried up, the project is complete, you're 5 all going to disappear, we're going to be 6 stuck with the aftermath of it. It happens. 7 It happened before, it's going to happen 8 again. Turn it into a toll road. You want to 9 come to my neighborhood? Do so. Pay the 10 toll, take the money and give it back to us 11 and we can build what we need. Thank you. 12 WILLIE MAE JOLLY: Good evening. My 13 name is Willie Mae Jolly and I am a lifelong 14 resident of this area right here. And I've 15 been to several of these meetings and we've 16 looked at this project and we turned it up, 17 we've turned it down, and I don't really see 18 spending all that money on this one road. I 19 think they should take this money and used it 20 to repair all the dilapidated roads from here 21 to University Circle. That's all I have to 22 say. 23 MICHAEL FEDARKO: I'd like to say 24 something, young lady, and I don't need the 25 microphone. The my name is Michael Fedarko.

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1 I live in Slavic Village. I've been here 53 2 years this month. I remember Carl Stokes, 3 Mary Rose Oakar. I've seen tons of schools 4 close down so the rich can get richer and the 5 poor can get poorer. I ain't heard nothing in 6 none of this about the children. All the 7 money that was promised from the Ohio Lottery 8 went downtown in that black building down 9 there. All the money for the children -- Mary 10 Rose Oakar's daughter used to be the teacher 11 in the playground. We don't even have that 12 anymore. Why isn't $331 million used for the 13 schools and our children? Because that is our 14 future, not roads. 15 STEPHEN RAJKI: My name is Stephen 16 Rajki, Cleveland Heights. For several months 17 now I've been watching this project from afar 18 from an engineering standpoint. I've walked 19 the areas, both roadways and also some of the 20 areas that have never been developed. My 21 cautionary comments to the engineers that are 22 working on this project, you see that most of 23 it hasn't been developed yet completely, 24 looking at the profiles and the cross sections 25 of these roadways. If you're going to have

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 12 Opportunity Corridor Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 12:43:27 PM

My name is Avon Fowler and I live at 2215 East 81st. To whom it concern: I don't think your too concern about the families that are in the fairfax area. If you block off 89th street I have dead ends which will have more killing, raping, and burglary. We need you to re-think your decision about our family, neighborors, kids being kidnapped. We need our buses from Woodland and Quincy. It effects the way we would have to reroute so please help use save our Fairfax area. Thank you! Save up now! I do not agree to the Opportunity Corridor.

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From: Gwendolyn Garth To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Wyonette Cheairs @ NLDP ; Danielle Price; Phyllis Cleveland Subject: Comments on the Opportunity Corridor Project Date: Thursday, October 31, 2013 5:00:52 PM

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I grew up in the 50's and there was a show back then called 'Tarzan' and every week "Bwana" came in trying to rob and pillage the village. When I think about The Opportunity Corridor Project I get that visual. I went to the Meeting On October 1st and there was a group of white males in a predominantly African-American community extolling the benefits of the Opportunity Corridor. My questions are: what are the opportunities? and who are the opportunities for...really?

Malcolm X talked about it in the 60's that it is all about the land. So here once again the "have nots" are being raped and bamboozled by the haves".

Namaste,

Gwendolyn Garth, Artisan 216.339.0571

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. " — Barack Obama

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1 Horseshoe Lake the other day on my Facebook 2 page, and it was kind of cool to see this bald 3 eagle right under the sign. This is where the 4 park freeway would have been and it's also 5 right about where the Lee freeway would have 6 been, in the other direction, north-south. My 7 parents fought against the Clark and the Lee 8 freeway back in the '60s and '70s. And I see 9 that 490 is again going to be extended this 10 time not as a freeway but as an artery that 11 quickly connects people downtown with 12 University Circle. And I raised the point 13 about the bald eagle and the Clark freeway and 14 the Lee freeway not because it's going to be a 15 freeway to 271, but because it points out that 16 the preferred alternative of the Ohio 17 Department of Transportation hasn't been and 18 isn't always the right way to go. This time I 19 think we have -- I've suggested an alternative 20 and I'll give ODOT a copy of my letter that 21 was published in the Plain Dealer, a copy for 22 the record. But I suggested that instead of 23 an Opportunity Corridor, we use existing roads 24 through existing economic corridors. We take 25 490 -- and don't call it a freeway. It's a

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1 two-mile piece of road. Call it the I-90 2 business bypass and it connects with East 55th 3 Street. We've got a straight line from 490 up 4 to East 55th to the shoreway and connecting 90 5 with 90, and we also can use existing roads, 6 Woodland Avenue and East 105th Street with 490 7 with the shoreway at Eddy Road. I think 8 that's the way to go. It connects more 9 neighborhoods, it does what the folks want 10 this road to do, which is connect downtown 11 with University Circle. But I think it's does 12 more. I think that's the way we should go. 13 Call it the I-90 business bypass, and that's 14 my business alternative that I submit to ODOT 15 today. 16 MS. LEE: Now we have Juliana 17 Sandock and on deck Ashai Singh. 18 MS. SANDOCK: Hello. My name is 19 Juliana Sandock. I'm a transplanted 20 westsider. My parents also fought and won 21 against Albert Porter. My first thought was 22 that somebody threw a fit about having to turn 23 left on East 55th. And from the Opportunity 24 Corridor and the presence of cul-de-sacs and 25 noise barriers, this is about getting through

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From: aj gilliam To: Lee, Amanda Subject: opportunity corridor Date: Friday, September 27, 2013 11:51:18 PM hi, my name is aj gilliam, i live at 2679 lisbon rd,cleve.oh.,44104,. well i just wanted to tell you guys that the street lisbon rd should be taken and and not cut off into a cove. everybody back here wants to go. its very dark back here and theres no kids and i have a 11 year old girl that really need a real street to grow up on, this is truly a dead end street.theres only three homes on this street,,me of course that really wants to leave but cant because its affordable,.the house next to me is a renter, owner wants to move the house, the other house is empty,and one falling down..i dont know who would want to stay back here giving the opportunity to leave for a better community. listen ,peoples are lying like they really care about this area,but if you guy dont beat around the bush and just tell these peoples about how they get money for they house they this thing will go smooth.of course some will not want to go, but just show them the money and they out, this is a terrible place to live back here,.please re-draw lisbon rd to be taken, i cant wait to get out of this hole. by the ,how do it works if you are up side down on your mortage? my house balance sitting at 60k and its only worth 20k, what then? these are the true questions we need to hear, no more pipe dreams, just share the wealth with the poor because lets face it , this is not for poor peoples,and everybody know it, the question peoples really want to know without asking is , how much are the gonna get..i take calls, cant be at the meeting because of my $9 an hour job,,,,440-342-5433

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Saved Views (1) Q4: Do you have any comments about the preferred alternative? ? As a resident of Slavic Village and a member of Elizabeth Baptist Church, it is important that our neighborhood is Original View (No rules applied) treated with the quality that a suburban neighborhood that is impacted by major construction would be treated. As well every effort should be made to hire individuals that live in the impacted zip codes.

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We do not need another boondoggle with a fact name. Clevelanders and Ohioans need their tax dollars spent wisely, not recklessly. I am tired of having to spent $ to repair my car damaged by poorly maintained roads. Please Saved Views (1) fix Cleveland's streets! The PD has reported that it'd take $300M to bring Cle roads up to 21st C standards, claim there's little $ for that, yet magically they find $3.25M to build a "boulevard" we don't need or want. Ohio leaders, ? lead! Stop spending our tax money foolishly. Charles Gliha Original View (No rules applied) Q5: Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

All the above "sweeteners" to sway a skeptical citizenry are pathetic. Get your priorities straight. The era of Big Exports Projects that don't solve real problems but squander precious tax dollars are over. Defund Opportunity Corridor. ?

Appendix D4 - Page 60 Appendix D4 - Page 60 https://www.surveymonkey.com/analyze/browse/?survey_id=44336482&respondent_id=2... 11/4/2013 Comment ID No. B39 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 and the repair of the existing highways and 2 streets that service the community. 3 MS. GONZALEZ: I live on 2909 East 4 57th Street. I am right, where you call right 5 across the street from the rapid station. I 6 mean, we only have about six houses standing. 7 All the other ones are boarded up, abandoned or 8 a couple of them have been knocked down. 9 What I don't like is that every day 10 we see drug dealers in front of my house. I 11 open my door. There's people there sitting in 12 the car, and I actually see them exchanging 13 drugs and money. It's kind of scary. I don't 14 like my kids coming over or my grandkids. I 15 mean, I'm all for it, me and her. She's my 16 neighbor, my next door neighbor, because the 17 house to my right already has been knocked 18 down. The one right in front of me, my 19 sister-in-law walked away from it. She's next 20 to me, the one next to her is boarded up. 21 People sit there actually waiting 22 for their drugs to be delivered, so we're all 23 for it, me and her. I don't care about anybody 24 else, but I just want to get out. I'm tired. 25 You've got too much going on around there, and

Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 61 Page: 9 Comment ID No. B39 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 I'm just scared. What if there's a drug deal 2 gone wrong, the shooting starts, and they're 3 right in front of my house? Guess where it's 4 going to go? Inside my house. Thank you. 5 MS. CHIMILESKI: I'm all for the 6 project because I've lived in my neighborhood 7 33 years. I've been in the house where I live 8 20 years. I don't feel safe anymore, like she 9 said. There's drug dealers out there. They're 10 shooting. The houses are torn down, boarded 11 up. I don't feel safe coming out my own 12 driveway anymore. 13 Once, I was unloading my groceries. 14 There was a black African-American man standing 15 this far from me (indicating), and it's like -- 16 my daughter grew up there. She's in Florida. 17 She's scared to come back because she don't 18 want my grandkids being harmed, and it's 19 just -- there's so much houses being torn down, 20 boarded up. It's people that rent. I used to 21 be a renter. They're dirty. They're filthy. 22 Last week I was riding my bike 23 around the neighborhood. For some reason 24 just -- I went around all the streets where I 25 used to live. I used to deliver the Plain

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1 of this area, specifically Fairfax and the 2 surrounding areas, are going to be the main 3 beneficiary for this entire project. If the 4 answer is yes, let us know. If the answer is 5 no, let's go back to the drawing board. There 6 is no way in the world you can have this kind 7 of money being spent in this neighborhood and 8 the residents and those being impacted most to 9 not benefit at the very last part of the 10 process. Thank you very much. 11 BOBBIE GARY: I'm from the 12 Union-Miles Neighborhood and I've worked with 13 the Union-Miles Coalition for years. I've 14 been fighting for this city for over 30 years 15 and still we losing. We losing. This is the 16 historic city and you point out one place that 17 is historic. This whole City of Cleveland is 18 history. People from all walks of life have 19 came and lived and worked and had their own 20 businesses in this city, and you want to give 21 us one-way streets, dead-end streets, fence us 22 out, fence us in, and I'm not into 23 technology. I'm into factory. This is where 24 your inventors come from, factory workers. 25 You're all tapping into something that's

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1 already been out here, all this technology. 2 And another thing that's all pride 3 up, 32 years at the steel mill and we don't 4 pollute anymore. I used to be a hot metal 5 crane operator that pulled the iron in the 6 vessel with ODOT in there watching us all the 7 time in there. We got a system where we don't 8 pollute outside the environment anymore. Can 9 you say you can do that? Can you? This is 10 wrong. 11 BEMBA JONES: Yes. Good 12 afternoon. My name is Bemba Jones. I'm a 13 local businessman in the community. I have a 14 small survey practice. I survey all your 15 guy's lands in the community. I've had a 16 practice here for over 30 years. 17 I want to bring something to the 18 attention of Opportunity Corridor and how it 19 effects community people. I found out about 20 this meeting in my church bulletin. I go to 21 Mount Sinai Baptist Church. That's how I 22 found out about this opportunity. I feel that 23 the partnership that they've been talking 24 about and the increase of DBE participation, 25 I've heard for many years. Can I still walk

Tackla & Associates Page: 64 Appendix D4 - Page 64 Comment ID No. B41 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 MS. GRAY: I live in the area. 2 I've been there for 62 years, when he was a 3 little fellow. 4 MR. GRAY: I have a problem with 5 spending $331 million on a roadway when all 6 they're really trying to do is connect 490 at 7 55th Street to get people out to the Cleveland 8 Clinic or what they want to call, the 9 University Circle area. We know Cleveland 10 Clinic is the largest employer in the city. 11 That's the only reason they're doing it. 12 As far as the roadway, if they 13 create HOV lines, they can move a lot of 14 traffic safely through the area, okay. That 15 would be important because we have HOV lanes in 16 California; very, very important. I'd rather 17 see them spend the money in schools, but 18 they're going to do the project. Cleveland 19 Clinic has got the money. 20 You know, when I worked for 21 Dalton & Dalton architectural firm, we worked 22 on Burke Lakefront airport expansion. Now 23 they're down there doing the work. It takes a 24 long time, like it did with this project. I'm 25 only here because of my mom. She wants to get

Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 65 Page: 7 Comment ID No. B42 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 MS. GRAY: I live in the area. 2 I've been there for 62 years, when he was a 3 little fellow. 4 MR. GRAY: I have a problem with 5 spending $331 million on a roadway when all 6 they're really trying to do is connect 490 at 7 55th Street to get people out to the Cleveland 8 Clinic or what they want to call, the 9 University Circle area. We know Cleveland 10 Clinic is the largest employer in the city. 11 That's the only reason they're doing it. 12 As far as the roadway, if they 13 create HOV lines, they can move a lot of 14 traffic safely through the area, okay. That 15 would be important because we have HOV lanes in 16 California; very, very important. I'd rather 17 see them spend the money in schools, but 18 they're going to do the project. Cleveland 19 Clinic has got the money. 20 You know, when I worked for 21 Dalton & Dalton architectural firm, we worked 22 on Burke Lakefront airport expansion. Now 23 they're down there doing the work. It takes a 24 long time, like it did with this project. I'm 25 only here because of my mom. She wants to get

Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 66 Page: 7 Comment ID No. B42 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 away from the place the road is going to come 2 through, but look at the cost. That's all. 3 MS. ADAMS: First of all, I looked 4 at the home acquisition map and for 7102 Grand 5 Avenue, it showed a lot of property under the 6 acquisition, but it is showing where they said 7 it was going to be one or two properties left 8 alone that they could consider acquiring that 9 property. So I was concerned about that being 10 able to -- for them being able to acquire that 11 property. 12 In addition to that, I am concerned 13 that the streets that have not been repaved or 14 had any attention to them for many, many years, 15 are they being sacrificed for this project? 16 You know, the cars are being torn up. People 17 are getting to their destination, maybe not at 18 the speed that they want to get at, but I think 19 with them using some of that money to repair 20 the main streets like Woodland, Buckeye, 21 Quincy, Cedar, Chester and Carnegie that 22 mainstream into University Circle, there may or 23 may not be a need for this corridor 24 necessarily, but I do think they need to have 25 some more attention to mass transit involved

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From: Chris Gruber To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Kevin R. Krencisz; Steven Friedman; Keith Filip; Scott Williams-Riseng; Alicia Howerton; Scott Malone Subject: Comments on Opportunity Corridor Project / Chester to Park Lane Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:56:25 AM

Amanda, below please find suggestions / comments from staff and others at the Cleveland Sight Center. The project will have direct impact on our property ,clients, guest and employees.

Please review and reply when they are added to the official record of the project.

Thank you in advance, and if we at the sight center can be of any help please contact us.

1) Tree lawns for an extra barrier between the sidewalk and street 2) Better lighting on the street and sidewalk to help drivers as well as pedestrians 3) Audible crosswalks at all intersections 4) Tactile surfaces at all crosswalks 5) Brightly painted (high contrast) lines where there are transitions in pavement especially is a step up or down. 6) Consistent placement of support poles at the four street crossings and linear placement of curb cut outs with each other ( will not be an issue if brick is used.)

Again , thank you.

Chris Gruber Director of Facilities Services

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? Please don't build this road. The current plan of the Opportunity Corridor calls for noise barriers which will block the • No rules applied residents of the neighborhood from accessing the rest of the city. You claim that the project will enhance the quality of life for these residents while you plan to build walls to hide their neighborhoods. This is nothing more than a quick Rules allow you to FILTER, COMPARE and SHOW way to Cleveland Clinic for suburban drivers. results to see trends and patterns. Learn more »

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1 friendly. 2 ROBERT HEARD: My name is Robert 3 Heard and I'm here as a resident of the 4 impacted area on the far north end and also as 5 a member of the Board of Education. A couple 6 of things that I found lacking in the planning 7 of this thus far. Has anyone taken a look at 8 the impact, if any, on the walking routes of 9 kids as they come and go to school? And also 10 you make mention of employment opportunities. 11 We have a trade school in Cleveland, probably 12 graduates a couple 100 kids every year, Max 13 Hayes High School, kids who are interested in 14 this type of work. So that's a good place to 15 start. And also -- and this has little or 16 nothing to do with education, but when you 17 shut off Quincy at 105th, where it makes that 18 turn, you isolate those Woodhill homes, those 19 projects over there. 20 There is mention that someone said, 21 well, the driving distance around it is about 22 the same in terms of feet or miles or whatever 23 it is. Now a lot of those people don't have 24 cars, so when you cut them off from access to 25 105th, I don't know how they're going to get

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1 to 105th. Some of those people may even work 2 at Cleveland Clinic. Now they don't have a 3 way to get around to where they work. So you 4 isolate that quarter of town. So that really 5 needs to be addressed and that's it. Take 6 care of kids, take care of the isolated 7 residents. 8 MARC LEFKOWITZ: Hi, I'm Marc 9 Lefkowitz. I work in University Circle and I 10 also have concerns about this project, the 11 impact that it's going to create in the 12 neighborhood, the barriers, the way it sort of 13 is bisecting and creating a serious 14 inconvenience for pedestrians and people 15 coming to and from through the neighborhood. 16 I really think that the priority in the way 17 this project was conceived has changed since 18 2004. We're living in a world where we know 19 we're creating a problem with driving very far 20 away and this is just going to make it easier 21 for people to drive through the city, not 22 invest in the city. I think we could take the 23 money, invest it right into this neighborhood, 24 take $331 million and take it back to Kinsman 25 where there is a lot of development already

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 12- Opportunity Corridor Date: Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:18:43 PM

Carolyn Hill 2959 Martin Luther King Drive Cleveland, Ohio

I have lived in this community all my life and there would be utter caos to bring a freeway thru these streets to disconnect and make dead end streets where they have been easily accessible for decades. There is a fear that homes will be taken from the very poor and them not totally given 100% fair compensation for the hard earned money & work to own a home where this project selection has occurred. Plenty of owners have children and are out of work and struggling but not given jobs while this project will benefit those mostly from outside the city and neighborhood. I am not in favor of this project. I strongly suggest that it be relocated to some other area. This project will hurt our inner city and disrupt our neighborhood and community.

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From: Joseph Hughes To: McFarland, Amanda Subject: opportunity corridor Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:49:15 AM i cannot see any benifit to me a clev. resident from this project,look at what it has caused so for the neighborhood north of francis from east55 to east65 is horrable abandon houses ,crime home breakins is common in the day time no police patrolls drugs and this project of yours made it that way..remember the little girl that was shot to death walking to the store ,well it is just that. try this martin luther bl. to east105 or chester to east 105 orcarnegie to east 105 you can now run into the door of clevland clinic or university.

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 12 Date: Friday, October 25, 2013 1:45:58 PM

My name is Cereatha Jacobs and I live at 2450 E.37th street Cleveland, Ohio 44115. My phone number is 216-624-1211. This change will effect my family because my son is still in school. He's a bus rider and he rides the bus going these routes everyday. It is going to effect me because I drive these routes myself going to family houses, going to work, and shopping. I would have to go all the way around to get to work on time. I drive across 79th to get to my mothers home to drop my daughter off at daycare. This project is making it very hard for me and my family. Gas is to high to have to reroute. The bus #10 and #11were quick ways to get up the hill and a good way to downtown Cleveland. I don't agree with this project because its about to get cold out and it's taking you out your way.

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Name: - Debra Janik Address: - 1240 Huron Road, Ste 300 City/Town: - Cleveland State: - OH ZIP: - 44116 Email Address: - [email protected] Phone Number: - (216) 592-2268

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This written comment, submitted on behalf of the Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP), fully supports the Opportunity Corridor Project, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and the preferred alternative route as proposed by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). With more than 14,000 members, the GCP is the largest private sector economic development corporation in the State of Ohio. The GCP has been an advocate for the Opportunity Corridor since its initial inceptions in 2003-2004. The GCP has consistently identified the Project as a priority project for our neighborhoods, our City and our Region. In 2009, the GCP in partnership with the City of Cleveland created the Opportunity Corridor Steering Committee. The Committee is comprised of leadership from more than 35 public, private, philanthropic, not-for-profit agencies, community development corporations and residents who represent the communities in the project area. The Steering Committee and its members were instrumental in determining the preferred alternative route, identifying the project’s potential economic impact including business retention, expansion and attraction activities for new job creation as well as economic, community and neighborhood development project opportunities. The GCP will continue to support and lead the on-going efforts of the Steering Committee. We will continue to work with all public, private, not-for profit and resident partners to advance the project and advance economic and community development opportunities in the neighborhoods located adjacent to the route. The GCP fully supports the Opportunity Corridor project, the preferred alternative route identified in the DEIS and the additional measures being considered by ODOT.

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1 up and down my street and I see all the folks 2 without a job, without any training, without 3 any hope? I'd like to see us prepare the 4 community outreach program that's visible, 5 that people in the community can see, can go 6 there with the hope of getting some type of 7 work or some type of training. This project 8 is over a ten-year project and we should get 9 something out of it even if we have to move or 10 whatever, we should get something out of it. 11 Thank you. 12 ANGIE SCHMIDT: My name is Angie 13 Schmidt. I'm a resident of the City of 14 Cleveland. I don't live in the effected 15 neighborhood, but I just want to say I'm 16 really disappointed with the way this project 17 has begun. I'm really disappointed to see the 18 City of Cleveland in this day and age 19 investing so much money in a project that's 20 for single occupancy vehicles. So many other 21 cities are moving away from that and focused 22 on transit, focused on the walk-ability, 23 focused on the things that make people healthy 24 and communities. So I'm really disappointed, 25 and I think this is a poorly conceived project

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Name: - Carlton Kanner Address: - 10510 Park Lane Address 2: - APT 312 City/Town: - Cleveland State: - OH ZIP: - 44106 Email Address: - [email protected] Phone Number: - 2166503832

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Please use these funds elsewhere. It has never (emphasis added) taken me longer than 15 min from my apartment at 105 & Chester to get onto the highway. University Circle already has three separate ways to get to the highway, MLK, Chester/Carnagie/Euclid or woodland to 55th. Why are we spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a redundant road that will save a maximum of 5 min on a commute for people who do not pay property taxes into our community. Why am I forced to subsidize people living in the suburbs. Why does an entire community have to be destroyed to shave off less than 5 minuets for someone's commute when that person is going to sit in a car greater than 30 minuets on each leg of their commute. Something is wrong here. Tell ODOT to do their jobs and maintain our existing roads first. That 5 mins saved by this new road could be saved by timing the lights better, repaving Cedar, Woodland, Quincy and 55th. Look at every successful city and you'll see that the priority is pedestrian traffic/mass transit and never individual cars. If you want to create jobs and development in University Circle you do it by making it more restrictive to cars not less. If you make it more difficult for people to drive to work, you force them to move out of the suburbs and into the surrounding communities of University Circle. This creates local jobs. This create local development. Making it faster for them to leave does not.

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Putting lip stick on a pig doesn't change the fact that its a pig. Stop spending the tax payer's money on projects that don't add value to the tax payers. I live in this community and I've invested in this community and I pay my share of taxes to the City of Cleveland. My family business employs over 220 people from around University Circle and Midtown. We don't need a high speed road blowing through our community. What we need is for the city to fix our existing infrastructure and work on safety and cleanliness of our public transit system. Why is the city spending hundred of millions of dollars on a road to save minuets on a commute for people who don't spend money in or pay property taxes into our community? Why would you shave minuets off these suburbanite's commutes but add orders of magnitude more to the public transit commute of the hard working people of this community? Counter intuitively you create jobs in an urban area by restricting the flow of traffic and not enhancing it. You want people to reconsider living 20+ miles from where they work. You want their commute to be as long as possible so they will consider living closer to where they work. This creates a multiplying effect that stimulates the local economy. Higher demand for local housing increases property values. Higher property values means more money for the schools and police. This means more jobs. Better schools and safer communities mean higher demand for housing! This means more construction jobs. More people living close by means demand for shops and restaurants. This means more jobs. Less people living in the suburbs means ODOT can focus its funding in more concentrated areas. This means more efficient use of the tax payer's money. We don't need the Opportunity Corridor. We need lower taxes, focus politicians and better local infrastructure. That's what creates jobs. Not bureaucrats in Columbus's central planning office.

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Good afternoon. ODOT generally seems to be the best run and the most "open" organization in the State, and I realize that this project has already been approved. However, I feel compelled to state that this is a misguided and Saved Views (1) wasteful expenditure of state money. We already have two primary arteries that could more than meet the objectives of this project for far less money: Woodland Ave and Carnegie Ave. These routes can and do serve the ? same neighborhoods and the same commuters who are supposed to benefit from the Opportunity Corridor project. The project's stated goals could be achieved with less expense by synchronizing traffic lights, eliminating Original View (No rules applied) unnecessary lights, and converting some intersections to no-turn or one-way. Moreover, the neighborhoods bounded by Woodland and Carnegie also need "opportunities," and siphoning current commuters on those routes to a more southerly street will only bleed even more resources from the entire region. In the unlikely event that retail and other investment does occur along the proposed new route, it will do so by cannibalizing or diluting current investment along existing routes. Also, creating another major east-west thoroughfare when the existing Exports thoroughfares are poorly maintained and have no modern traffic efficiency enhancements makes me wonder if ? anyone from ODOT's committee actually lives or commutes through this area. Since the proposed route will run through Cleveland, presumably the City will be responsible for maintenance - it can barely manage the roads it has (as noted above) and simply does not have the resources to maintain another major artery. I am usually thrilled to see the work that ODOT does, because generally it is one of the best-run state agencies. In this case, however, I do not feel that complete due-diligence has been completed and that observations of parallel, existing routes have been wholly insufficient. If there is any chance of re-evaluating the corridor to vastly improve existing routes, which are more than sufficient to handle traffic volume with the enhancements noted above, I can assure you the project ROI would be much higher than building a new route through a depopulated neighborhood. Thank you for the opportunity to provide input into this well-intentioned but unnecessary project. Respectfully, Dan Karchmer

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ODOT is outstanding at its mission: Transportation. Economic (re)development should absolutely be considered as a collaborative part of the planning process. However, it is a parallel and ancillary goal, and should be funded and executed by agencies with a redevelopment mission. Most of these items are either not transportation or should be completed through regional/local teams through their funding sources, not ODOT's funding. 1) Job training is purely out of scope. I am shocked that transportation money would be allocated this way. 2) Urban agriculture funding?! I am a participant in a community garden and fully support the revitalization efforts occurring in Cleveland related to urban ag. But this is a transportation project! Please explain how funding these sites is appropriate use of transportation dollars. 3) Neighborhood improvements: again, this is out of scope, and places unnecessary and unrealistic expectations on ODOT. The avenues mentioned are not State routes - why is State money being allocated for essentially cosmetic improvements? 4) Bus shelters and placement belong in the realm of the RTA, unless ODOT has plans to take over the operation of local bus services. In general, I find the construction of another east-west artery to be completely redundant. With appropriate flow and design enhancements, we have sufficient infrastructure to accommodate both current needs and future possible growth by modernizing Carnegie

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Job Training Assistance- I feel this is only relevant if you are willing to guarantee "actual jobs" pertaining to this project to individuals in the impacted area. If there are no jobs offered in the area - job training only goes so far. Noise Barriers- My question would be how do you plan to find out whether or not impacted owners/renters want the noise barriers? Urban Agriculture- Again, providing assistance to urban agriculture efforts - i.e. the Kinsman Innovation Zone- doesn't make much sense when you are building a 3.5 mile highway extension that will continue and further pollute the area. St. Hyacinth neighborhood- Again, making aesthetic improvements only goes so far. DBE goal-What is the current goal and how will this be guaranteed? Enhanced bus shelters- what does enhanced bus shelters mean? I do not feel that any of these measures that ODOT is considering truly provide any real improved health/economic outcomes for those living and working in this area. This is truly an outside effort of people who are only reaping benefits for themselves by shaving ten minutes off of their daily commute from the suburbs. As a resident of this community I demand that we have more opportunity to be involved in the decisions that will affect our daily lives and where we live.

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From an initial glance I am hopeful that the plan will continue to evolve into a true neighborhood corridor. I would personally prefer to see greater incorporation of pedestrian and bike infrastructure (on both sides of the roadway) and better connectivity to the surrounding public transit (Rapid and Bus) street infrastructure.

5. Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

I am decidedly against noise barriers on the roadway. The Opportunity Corridor was sold as a non-freeway neighborhood road and anything that adds to barriers between surrounding blocks would go against that end. I am supportive of the remaining initiatives and hope that in addition to enhanced bus shelters that stronger connectivity to existing Rapid Transit facilities is incorporated.

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Bay Village, OH. Work in Cleveland Ohio

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I don't see any information about what the "preferred alternative" is. My preference is to beautify that neighborhood's existing infrastructure - roads, sidewalks, gardens and street lights.

5. Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

I drive to the University circle area via I-490 now. There are plenty of arteries between there already. We don't need more roads. We need better care of the roads we have. The area between E55th an E105 needs a lot of help. But roads that just allow suburbanites like myself to cruise through there aren't among them. As mentioned in Q4, beautify the existing areas and repair the streets there.

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Saved Views (1) Q5: Please give your thoughts about these measures below. ? Original View (No rules applied) Clevelanders will not benefit whatsoever with this project. Its simply aimed at surburbanites to get to university Circle without driving pass the urban blight of E. 55th. Why make it easier for them? Also, If the Mayor focused on improving the impoverished areas of Cleveland, then this wouldn't be an issue. Instead he focuses on Tremont, Ohio City, University Circle and Downtown Cleveland neighborhoods who all cater to surburbanite commuters so they can come in and play and then hit the nearest highway, furthermore, the average Clevelander cant even afford Exports to engage in the activities(food,art,events) in these communities that cater strictly to those affluent enough to enjoy it. This project is despicable and It will tank like the RTA Corridor project. So just go ahead and drive a bulldozer ? through our community and put up your little coffee shops and other fluff and watch the youth of Cleveland make you all proud that you invested millions into what could of been a Utopia. Lets not forget our Sewer system thats over 100 years old and needs updated, due to the frequent water main breaks. Why dont you guys work on that? Better yet, while fixing our sewer system from the 1800's, just make the Opportunity Corridor underground and that way we wont see these surburban commuters zipping by us.

Appendix D4 - Page 95 Appendix D4 - Page 95 https://www.surveymonkey.com/analyze/browse/?survey_id=44336482&respondent_id=... 10/31/2013 Comment ID No. B62 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 MR. SICKORA: I don't believe that 2 they did enough studying of this roadway. They 3 did not take into account the noise pollution 4 it will create. I live in the neighborhood 5 just below the entranceway from 490 in the 6 Hyacinth neighborhood, and it's going to also 7 affect my access to the RTA station that we 8 just had moved over to the east side of the 9 East 55th Street bridge so we can get access to 10 it. 11 I don't think it's a good thing. 12 It's going to just create more traffic 13 headaches. It's going to -- I don't believe 14 it's going to create enough economic 15 development in our area to warrant such a 16 building of a road. I believe the money can be 17 better used in other places in other aspects of 18 the city, such as Urban Light and other 19 projects that the city can be doing for the 20 neighborhoods instead of just putting in just a 21 single little road project, and that's what I 22 want to say. 23 MS. KITTREDGE: I represent the 24 Hyacinth neighborhood, which is at the far 25 western end of the proposed route and in

Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 96 Page: 2 Comment ID No. B62 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 general, the proposal has been modified in 2 order to provide minimal impact to the 3 neighborhood, except for one thing, and the 4 issue is that they will be closing Hyacinth 5 Avenue, which is a major entrance to the 6 neighborhood. And we need to have a much 7 better mitigation of that closure because 8 Hyacinth runs all the way through the 9 neighborhood. 10 In other words, it just doesn't go 11 one long block. It goes ten blocks all the way 12 through the heart of the neighborhood with the 13 alternative entrances only going one to two 14 blocks, so we need some major design or 15 mitigation or entryway features that will help 16 draw the traffic through the neighborhood and 17 highlight an alternative route. 18 MR. BASZUK: I have a question. 19 What will be done to accommodate the change in 20 traffic pattern in the North Broadway/Hyacinth 21 neighborhood for the increase of amount of 22 traffic on the neighborhood streets, 23 considering that people in that neighborhood 24 have gone to great lengths to have Westmore 25 Avenue extended so that we can reduce traffic

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Q4: Do you have any comments about the preferred alternative? Saved Views (1) The current configuration closes Francis Ave. Every effort should be made to maintain access to Francis Ave, as ? this is the main gateway and access to the Hyacinth neighborhood. Creating more of a gateway at Bellford or Original View (No rules applied) Maurice is not helfpul,a s these streets are only a block or two long. I understand the issue is proximity to the OC access road, however this can this be addressed by pushing Francis a little south, susing the vacant lot to the south, and/or by making Francis one way in, which would allow a narrower street and so more distance between Francis and OC access road. In addition, we are working very hard to take advantage of the assets in Hyacinth: the RTA Station, the Hyacinth Lofts, the park, and Elizabteh Baptist Chruch, One of our major strategies is to build transit oriented housing in the northern half of the neighborhood. The OC can be an asset as well, if its conenction Exports to the neigborhood, and its edge is well designed. This includes access for residents by vehicle as well as wlaking ? and cycling to neighborhoods to the east. Reviewing these details will bevery important for SVD and theneighborhood

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See comments above. Also, job training is critical.

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I'm just worried that the preferred alternative looks like a freeway with a few traffic lights and not enough like a boulevard. If a boulevard has to be built, it should connect the end of Shaker Blvd to the end of 490 and then just rebuild all the cross streets (55th, 79th, 93rd, 105th) so people can get up to the circle on them. Also the preferred alternative doesn't include enough trees. There should be trees in the median and between the sidewalk/bikepath and the sound walls if you insist on building walls. We're the forest city and we need more trees. In addition, we need to have businesses facing the new road, not just somewhere hidden behind a wall facing a side street. This is a city not some god forsaken fugly ass suburb, lets make it look like a city!

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I oppose noise barriers as they make this "boulevard" into a highway. If they have to be built, we need trees between them and the bikepath/sidewalk. I support better bus shelters. I don't support the DBE goal. If a business can't competitively bid, this isn't a charity project. I don't support urban agriculture projects. This is a city, why the fuck would we put farms in it?

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I do not agree with the closing off of any streets, removal of any persons from their homes, or the rerouting and extension of the I490 freeway into our community. I don't agree with altering the lives of the residents in this Saved Views (1) community to make it more conventient for some of the businessess or others outside of the community to get to their destinations. We are this community and how we feel and think do matter. ?

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I don't agree with altering the lives of the residents in this community to make it more conventient for some of the businessess or others outside of the community to get to their destinations. We are this community and how we feel Exports and think do matter.ing and extension of the I490 freeway into our community. I don't agree with altering the lives of the residents in this community to make it more conventient for some of the businessess or others outside of the ? community to get to their destinations. We are this community and how we feel and think do matter.

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It is nothing more than a limited access freeway that hacks it's way through a poor section of the city while ignoring existing neighborhood assets. It would be ideal if the project could have incorporated RTA's red, blue, and green lines in the project, or at least enhanced the connections from the Opportunity Corridor to said lines. Also, a master plan for the area around the OC would be ideal.

5. Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

Do you mean the measures listed above? If so, almost all of those sound great, except the noise barriers. Trying to say that this isn't a highway project while incorporating those elements is somewhat hilarious. Plus, there is no proof that those barriers are effective in blocking noise. If anything, the act as barriers to the neighborhood, hiding it from the OC so that suburban travelers on the OC can speed by without looking at the distressed city.

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:13:31 PM

My name is Christopher Leak and I live at 8025 Cedar Avenue Apt.1. My phone is 216-355- 1330. I do not agree with this project. Your project is not helping anybody in my area. So I do not want you to build in my area. It's not giving the people what they need for their property. What about the people who's been there all their lives. It's no enough for their home to be taken away. So the project is not helping the people. So please keep the corridor open.

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In the DEIS, the agency explains what alternatives, such as improving existing streets, it was required to study. But, the DEIS falls short of explaining why those alternatives were ruled out in favor of a new road. The agency says there will not be any major environmental impact from Opportunity Corridor, but one environmental impact missed by the DEIS is the FHWA-recognized impact of how much the new road will ‘induce travel.’ More cars will be siphoned away from other roads on the east side while this new one fills up until traffic slows, defeating the purpose. ODOT acknowledges significant social impact in seizing 60 homes and 20 businesses. But, the underlying assumption is a new road will improve a historically underserved neighborhood. That it is a neighborhood where 50% of households do not own a car does not appear to factor in to the equation. If Opportunity Corridor is intended to improve the conditions of a historically underserved community, the situation for pedestrians and transit users should, at least, be made no worse. Improvements can happen by adhering to principles of sustainable design. For example, the road should enhance connectivity and promote mixed uses. If the intent is to build the east side into a light industrial park, the city can take some measures toward sustainability by promoting walking and riding transit within the corridor. Research has found that a grid-like street network is more efficient than a trunk-and-branch pattern. A well-connected square grid has been likened to a free market economy where more uniformity and predictability spreads economic impact as people vote with their feet on the best route. ODOT’s current design for Opportunity Corridor does not improve on the walkability and transit access in the area. Instead, it offers a series of disruptions to the street grid. Barriers to mobility include sound and retaining walls, a sidewalk on only one side of the road, longer crossing distances at intersections, a wider “suburban style” bike path instead of bike lanes and cul-de-sacs or closings for nine neighborhood streets and Quincy, a main artery. What would be a better approach to Opportunity Corridor? is it possible to remove the bottlenecks around I- 490 and E. 55th and fix the ‘five points’ intersection where E. 55th, Kinsman, Woodland collide and introduce a modern traffic lighting system that improves connectivity at far less cost? ODOT presumably didn’t find this alternative route feasible, but it also wasn’t forthcoming about why. The central question may be resource efficiency. Can a way be found to move cars and people with less pavement and bridges, and invest it into making the corridor a walkable, transit- oriented neighborhood?

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A significant portion of the funding for this project should be directed toward demand management strategies. For example, ODOT can build the infrastructure for a transit oriented development in the E. 79th Street area around the Red Line Rapid Station and support multi-modal connectivity within the study area both east-west and north-south. It can support the burgeoning development of urban agriculture by purchasing and setting aside some of the vacant land in the study area for an expansion of local food production. Noise barriers should be reconsidered.

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1 happening on the east side. The type of 2 development we're seeing on this west side, 3 young people don't want this project. They 4 want to live in cool urban places. Redevelop 5 that money and create places. Don't create 6 cut-throughs, drive-throughs for people coming 7 from suburbs so they can shave off a few 8 minutes from their commute. Make this place a 9 place where people want to live, invest, raise 10 their children and become part of this 11 community. That's what we want. That's what 12 we want to see with these investments. 13 TAMIKA RANGE: Hi. My name is 14 Tamika Range, R-a-n-g-e, and I am a young 15 adult in this community. I guess I'm 16 addressing everybody in this audience. I 17 actually walked here on a whim. I have family 18 that belong to this church, and to know that 19 they're creating a project that's going to cut 20 across Kinsman and effect all of these 21 different areas. I grew up on Kinsman and I 22 remember walking to school and that was back 23 in -- I graduated in '94. So I'm looking at 24 how we commute now. 25 Now, I still live in the city, but I

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1 going to be pretty much in charge of that. So 2 I would encourage you to take more emphasis on 3 the fact of having that as an integral part of 4 this program, jobs for the people that will be 5 impacted. We can't leave it to the city, we 6 can't leave it to the state. Both have a 7 dismal record of doing that on public work 8 projects. I think my two minutes are up. 9 MS. LEE: Now we have Paul 10 Lewis and on deck Mandy Metcalf. 11 MR. LEWIS: Initially I have 12 concerns regarding East 86th Street and East 13 89th Street by Quincy on the south, and 14 currently in discussions with the individuals 15 here in charge, my concerns were answered in 16 that time. Thank you. 17 MS. LEE: Now, we have Mandy 18 Metcalf and on deck Debrah Muhrmannad. 19 MS. METCALF: I'm speaking on 20 behalf of Environmental Health Watch. We're a 21 nonprofit that's been dedicated to addressing 22 urban environmental issues in Northern Ohio 23 for over 30 years. I'd like to thank the 24 Steering Committee for Opportunity Corridor 25 brownfield area wide plan, which is the

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Name: - Christopher Lohr Address: - 3826 Spokane Ave City/Town: - Cleveland State: - OH ZIP: - 44109 Email Address: - [email protected] Phone Number: - 216-570-3353

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I have a few problems/concerns: - The "preferred alternative" will create an unfunded liability to the City of Cleveland and its residents for the foreseeable future, adding to the number of main streets that require maintenance and repair. - The project, and its accompanying brownfields study, aim to drastically alter the landscape along the corridor. I have concerns with whether there are viable tenants for any proposed space that becomes available, and whether it is appropriate to create a suburban or exurban style office and manufacturing district in the city. Current trends point to walkable and transit-friendly districts as promoting the highest levels of economic development. - USDOT, ODOT and NOACA all have a fix it first policy. The failure to at least include a "fix it first" alternative to the DEIS should make it invalid. The core of any EIS is a fair review of all feasible alternatives. Since the existing road network currently handles the traffic, upgrading said network should have been an alternative presented. - The use of 12 ft lanes, despite the fact that 11 ft lanes are permitted on urban arterials, indicates that design speed for the roadway will far exceed the legal limit. ODOT should design the roadway with a target design speed of approximately 35 mph. - Sidepaths or shared use paths are appropriate in many park like contexts and are typically used for recreation, but can be a dangerous facility when used in an urban context. AASHTO has several recommendations for implementing sidepaths. - On that same note, a better choice for bicycles would be an on-road facility, preferably a buffered bike lane or cycletrack. - The fact that pedestrian bridges are being proposed makes me question the "boulevard" nature of the project. No boulevard should need a pedestrian bridge typically reserved for a highway. - Same goes for noise barriers, no typical boulevard should require noise barriers - why is proposed traffic so much louder on this project than on a typical roadway? - Why are there three lanes on part of the corridor as it heads northeast, but only two the entire way as it heads southwest? I have serious doubts that there would be significant flow differences that would require an additional lane in one direction. - Where is the proposal to convert the existing section of I-490 into a boulevard as well thus providing a new E-W bike route from Tremont to University Circle. This would also remove the cost of having to create an overpass/interchange at E 55. - The Phalen Blvd Project in St Paul,MN, which has been cited as an inspiration, is far smaller, with only one lane in each direction at some points, despite similar adjacent land uses. Smaller roadway widths reduce long term costs as well as up front capital investment while also making the road more bike and pedestrian friendly (easier to cross for example) - Cleveland and its region are shrinking in population and VMT are shrinking even in regions that are growing. We need to rethink our priorities for economic development. A new road will induce demand and make it easier to drive not more frustrating - the more frustrating and costly it is to drive the fewer people will do it (e.g. who wants to have a car in Manhattan or Chicago?) - A better idea perhaps would have been to create a "parkway" like MLK - then you have the connection that is desired, the lack of at-grade intersections that is also desirable (and not present in the OC), and a verdant landscape that provides Metropark style recreational opportunities in an area that is underserved in that respect. This would have meshed well with existing urban agriculture zones, and provided the opportunity for focused transit oriented development around rapid stations.

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Name: - Andrew McCrary Address: - 10811 Detroit Avenue Address 2: - #2B City/Town: - Cleveland State: - OH ZIP: - 44102 Email Address: - [email protected] Phone Number: - 216-288-0121

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drive between West Side and East Side a lot

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I applaud the measures for urban renewal that you are striving to implement in Cleveland. However, it is a basic fact in urban planning that more roads equal more traffic. The Opportunity Corridor is slated to copy the path of the Red Line rapid, something that will not benefit those who live on the Near East Side of Cleveland. You are proposing a boulevard with lights, that will not speed up my trips from the West to East Sides, therefore I suggest simply improving the streets of E. 55th and Woodland Avenue (Carnegie and Chester as well) with timed lights (wow what a concept!) streetscape and the urban renewal of business that you've been talking about. Re-paving and re-planning and re-development of East 55th Street, Woodland, Carnegie and Chester Avenues would be the best sustainable call if you're not going to be able to create a parkway without traffic lights.

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Name: - Mike McGraw Address: - 2759 HAMPSHIRE RD APT 2 City/Town: - CLEVELAND HEIGHTS State: - OH ZIP: - 44106 Email Address: - [email protected] Phone Number: - 2168492793

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2759 Hampshire Rd, Cleveland Hts 44106 Employed at CWRU

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Please include median right-of-way space for rail transit element that could be added now or later.

5. Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

Bus shelters OK as second-best if rail transit element were not included -- but it should be.

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Saved Views (1) Q5: Please give your thoughts about these measures below. ? Original View (No rules applied) the discussed bike path is of particular interest and need; it should also conenct in soem way with Mill Creek trail and the trail leading to the Canalway Visitors Center and have some link into downtown and the Shaker Heights area; it woudl be great to document nearby historic properties and include some means by which historic residences, factories. commercial/institutional buildings can be rehabilitated; if the Cleveland clinic is a primary beneficiary of the proejct, perhaps the MOA could include some commitment on their part toward preservaiton of Exports historic properties; the recent case of Emmanuel Church documents the need and the Clinic's apparent unwillingness to commit to actions that can address historic preservation issues and the retention of important ? cultural resources

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3421 Virginia Ave.

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Yes - scrap it. It's a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars - meant to benefit the real estate schemes that have intentionally cleared the "forgotten triangle." There are more cost effective solutions to improve access to University Circle.

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I do not want the Opportunity Corridor "preferred" route - NO amount of sugar-coating will change my opinion.

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1 economic development plan for the Opportunity 2 Corridor, which is going to result in some 3 additional land clearance and consolidation. 4 We also helped organize community preparation 5 for the preparation of the area wide plan and 6 we know that a lot of effort has been put in 7 to making this project beneficial for this 8 local community. We are concerned that this 9 project has a long way to go before it meets 10 this goal and adequately addresses 11 neighborhood health impact. 40 percent of the 12 household projects do not have cars and rely 13 on public transportation or bicycling. The 14 community is consistently adding public 15 transportation components. These goals were 16 added for the purpose of the project, but only 17 as evaluation factors, not for transportation 18 needs. The Environment Justice Memo has 19 determined that there is no feasible way which 20 addresses neighborhood transportation needs or 21 avoidance of this proportion impacts to low 22 income minorities or population. It proposes 23 mitigation; however, the proposed mitigation 24 measure fall short. Negative impacts to the 25 projects of local residents include home

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1 seizure, increased noise and significant 2 impacts, only local air quality in an area of 3 high asthma rates. EHW's concern is that a 4 particular pollution hot spot study was not 5 done by DEIS and was concerned that DEIS will 6 have on unencouraging disinvestment in the 7 inner city. We're also concerned that the 8 project is not adequately addressed in the 9 target area. As designed, the roadway will 10 serve as an obstacle in the district. Thank 11 you. 12 MS. LEE: We have Debrah 13 Muhrmannad and on deck, David Beach. 14 MS. MUHRMANNAD: My name is Debrah 15 Muhrmannad. I'm here as a concerned citizen. 16 I'm also here as an environmentalist 17 advocate. I just had a few points that I want 18 residents in particular to think about. 19 On this Opportunity Corridor, they 20 show on here where the neighborhoods are 21 being -- some of the houses are being 22 displaced. It would actually report that 23 whole neighborhoods are being displaced, and 24 so what's the point there? Some of the 25 reports show where it's going to turn into a

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 12 Date: Friday, October 25, 2013 2:48:09 PM

My name is Margaret Middleton and I live at 8022 Cedar Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44103. My phone number is 1-440-289-1545. Please don't block 89th at Quincy or Buckeye. I am disabld and it will put me more at a risk to be attacked perhaps. Also it will make the bus ride longer. Perhaps there are places I won't be able to get to and some appointments.

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Name: - Tracy Moavero Address: - 305 Overlook Park Drive City/Town: - Cleveland State: - OH ZIP: - 44110 Email Address: - [email protected] Phone Number: - 4405036553

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Cleveland resident who spends time in the project area

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We already have more roads than we can manage for our population size. We need funding for existing infrastructure and for developing public transit, which is what residents of the affected neighborhoods really need as many can't afford cars. This is a 20th century solution for a city that is trying to move into the 21st.

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These added elements are fine, but they are being stuck onto a project that is fundamentally flawed and that runs counter to what development needs to look like to really help these struggling neighborhoods. More roads are not the solution.

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From: [email protected] To: McFarland, Amanda Subject: Comments on the Opportunity Corridor Date: Thursday, October 31, 2013 6:19:17 PM

Dear Ms Lee-

I would like to voice my strong opposition to the "Opportunity Corridor" plan. It encourages further dependence on automobile travel, an extremely inefficient use of space. The hundreds of millions of dollars proposed for this could be spent to improve the EXISTING street grid and timing of lights: E 55th, Woodland, Quincy, Cedar, Carnegie. And it could be invested in other modes of transit: better public transit (more frequent trips on a route, more routes), and better accommodation for the increasing bicycle traffic.

Have we not learned anything from the mistakes of the past decades? Strong communities are not built by wide streets whose purpose is to speed vehicular traffic as quickly as possible from one hub to another. The OC will do more long term harm than could possibly be offset by creating a few years of construction jobs. Only 13 at-grade crossing along its length, and creating large industrial areas, will divide the city, cutting off the parts to the South.

The area is poorly served by public transit now? So add routes and buses.

It takes commuters too long to get to University Circle via existing surface routes? They can live closer. Add bike lanes so existing auto congestion is lessened. We should not be using precious tax dollars to make it easier to live further out, abandoning the city core.

Is this project to make it easier to get in and out of town quickly or to help the residents who already live here?

Please fix the streets we have instead of building more.

Sincerely, Diane Mogren Cleveland Heights resident who has been commuting downtown for 25 years, by public transit until the last 3. Now I carpool or ride my bike. [email protected]

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I stand firmly against this project, considering it to be waste of money that would be better off spent improving the existing infrastructure in the area. The creation of a new route and the attendant displacement of existing homes and businesses is not acceptable. The plan for "super-blocks" of vacant land ready for development of light industry and/or warehousing assumes that these spaces will magically fill up with companies and jobs. Better to spend the monies on improving the intersections of East 55th and I-490, East 55th and Kinsman/Woodland, and the balance of Woodland Road eastward. Arteries from the terminus of I-490 and the University Circle area already exist. There is simply no need for a new roadway to bisect the area. Are there issues of poverty and lack of jobs in the area? Yes...but leveling homes and existing businesses will not rectify those issues. A new road along which commuters can reach University Circle, all the while avoiding the neighborhood, is not a panacea...at least for those Cleveland residents who call the area home. Why must economic development be tied to acres of pavement? The answer? It does not need to be. Careful planning and improvement of existing infrastructure will help the area far more than a new "separated from the neighborhood" pathway for suburban commuters to speed their way to a "good area" while avoiding having to look at (and acknowledge) those on a lower socio-economic level.

5. Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

These efforts are all good...as stand alone efforts, not tied to the construction of an un-needed ribbon of concrete that will displace existing homes and businesses,

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I strongly object to a procedure so totally destructive of bedrock legislative process 151, Cong. (2005). I oppose to this judicial behavior maintaining a traditional contribution of roadways at the expense of poor people base on the Saved Views (1) cost of governmental intervention "Fix it Policy" ambiguity violates the 4 and 14 Section 1 amendment . This comment is policy abuse and breach of this amendment. If congress did not speak directly to this organization from ? the President executive orders then ODOT has failed to meet the standards, then this policy should be deferred This policy agency occupies private position not public and is unconstitutional. Original View (No rules applied)

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Exports measurement would be to consider congress limits to pay for property below market value cost /benefits advantages and disadvantage is the scheme of cost of life for people who still have mortgages to pay for living in a ? home detroyed by policy

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: [email protected] Subject: ODOT Division 12 Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013 1:02:54 PM

My name is Lynn Odens and I live at 2246 E.80th street. My phone number is 216-385- 3413 and my email address is [email protected].

I think that it will not be a good idea because my sister stays on Woodland avenue and it will be very hard for me to get to them if it's an emergency because to get to them I have to drive up Quincy or Woodland. I also have to drop them off at home everyday and I also have to pick them up everyday.

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From: John Olsavsky To: Lee, Amanda Subject: What an exciting project for the city... Date: Monday, September 23, 2013 10:34:02 AM

Amanda, I lived in the Buckeye area for 30 years and way back there was this talk of a road coming that way... never happened. So with this new project it would be so exciting to bring life to an old but very venerable neighborhood. As you can see, I am very much in favor of this project. Although people see it as a way to get to University Circle, I see it also as bringing life to some of the neighborhoods along the way. The sooner the better!!!

John R. Olsavsky

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Name: - Sasha Ottoson-Deal Address: - 6202 Pear Ave City/Town: - Cleveland State: - OH ZIP: - 44102 Email Address: - [email protected]

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Concerned resident of Cleveland

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I am concerned about the number of streets that will be turned in to dead-ends/cul-de-sacs. This is directly in opposition with the goal of increasing connectivity and transportation options in the neighborhood. I am concerned about the number of homes and business that will be demolished. There is nothing in this report to help me to understand the opinion of the affected home- and business owners. I am concerned about the environmental justice aspect of this project and I do not feel that the proposed mitigation strategies are effective or sufficient. The document states that federal regulations will be followed for relocation etc. I would like to see a creative solution that allows impacted residents to receive well above and beyond the required minimum. If the DOT is not allowed to do this per federal regulations, I would like to see a private entity get involved and come up with a creative funding mechanism to ensure that each home and business owner is compensated generously for their sacrifice. I do not believe the expected economic benefit to the impacted neighborhood is realistic. To state that the neighborhood will somehow benefit economically is a false pretense and should be removed from the report.

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I support enhancements to the entrance into the St Hyacinth area and the enhancement of bus shelters. These two measures would have the greatest direct impact on local residents.

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I oppose this project because it does not serve the neighborhoods it intersects where 40% of residents do not have access to a car. I think this road could degrade quality of life in those neighborhoods by serving as a major barrier to those on foot and bike, while adding traffic noise and pollution to neighborhoods that already suffer from serious air pollution problems. Please improve the viability of the neighborhoods and spend $$ to IMPROVE EXISTING ROADWAYS! These $$ should not be for Cleve Clinic's benefit over the neighborhoods around it.

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: [email protected] Subject: ODOT Division 12 Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013 1:59:02 PM

My name is Tarra Pascol and I live at 2215 E/82nd street Cleveland, Oh 44103. My phone number is 216-210-9913 and my email address is [email protected]. I do not support the opportunity corridor. I would have a hard time getting to the hospital with my conditions asthma and CHF.

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From: Joyce Pleasant To: McFarland, Amanda Subject: Preferred Alternative Date: Monday, October 28, 2013 8:22:04 PM

Dear Amanda, I rent and apartment at 8025 # 2 Cedar Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44103. I Dp Not agree that putting a highway through designated areas would be positive for the community. God forbid if I had to relocate to another area where I may have established meaningful life time friends, Some people that will be relocated safety may be the fact that their neighbors look out for them. I am not in agreement with this project. I am a registered voter. signed Joyce Pleasant.

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1 also commute past Shaker, to Beachwood, to 2 work in the Beachwood area. Now, as I cut 3 across Shaker and all through Beachwood and 4 Fairmount, I don't see that they're creating 5 projects like these to impact their people, 6 because a lot of those people, I guess -- 7 because if they pay high taxes, then they can 8 actually have a bigger voice. 9 Now, I'm looking at the audience here 10 and this is not impacting all of the people 11 that live in this community. This should have 12 been on the news letting them know about this 13 project that you all put together. Now, I 14 believe that we all are geniuses because you 15 all now have a board. So it's not one person 16 that's making this decision. So I hope that 17 you can all take the feedback from all the 18 people that are in this community, from the 19 youngest to the oldest, and understand that 20 these people that stood up before and said no 21 to this project, me, as a young adult, am 22 saying no to this project because I have a child 23 that is growing up also in the City of Cleveland 24 and he goes to one of the local charter schools 25 at this point in time and it's a great school,

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As I indicated at the session at the Art Museum, this project has the potential to become a Field of Dreams or a $300 plus million dollar cash cow for the contractors, architects, engineers, landscapers, and everyone else under Saved Views (1) the sun, who happens to be in a positions of power and privilage. This would mostly impact non african americans and other minorities. Furthermore, I greatly concerned about how persons who must be relocated will be ? processed. Because most of the property being moved is located in a depressed area, the market value is extremely low. Yet, to relocate these individuals to a new home or building would cost considerably more for a new Original View (No rules applied) structure. Money but be provided to fairly compensate these families, seniors and business owners or there will be a public outcry. Aspects of this project have promoted the economic development potential for the entire corridor, yet there has not been one developer who has sign up to locate in the area. Because the area impacted is located in an African American community which is not empowered, the State might be of the opinion that we can just come in a do as we please with this project becasue the residents are to preoccupied with other matters to concern Exports themselves with this project. Please don't think for a moment that all shut eyes are sleep and all good-bys are gone. ? You might be in store for a rude awakening!! This might be a poor community, but it is not a dumb community. A word to the wise, treat this community as you would want to be treated in your own community.

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Listen to the voice of those who have brought forth good ideas that should be incorporated or intergrated into your overall plan. If you listen and get the buy-in from the community, this becomes a win-win situation for everyone.

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1 projects. We must be a part of what's 2 happening in our neighborhoods. We understand 3 progress, we understand the need to create a 4 transportation corridor that would bring 5 people in for jobs, but we need to also have 6 those jobs. We need to be part of this 7 process and the only way that you can 8 guarantee that to some extent is to write 9 about it, to speak about it and to let your 10 voices be heard. 11 MS. LEE: At this time is there 12 anyone else? 13 CHRIS STOCKING: My name is Chris 14 Stocking. I live near Shaker Square in 15 Cleveland. I work at the MetroHealth Buckeye 16 Clinic over at 116th. I worked at the VA 17 Hospital for a number years from Shaker 18 Square, taking the rapid to the Woodhill 19 station and taking the number 10 bus up 20 Woodhill to East 105th Street. 21 It's important to understand that if 22 projects will go through, if that bus run will 23 no longer be able to run, it would be a 24 dead-end at Quincy and Woodhill. There are 25 two-buses that run there, the 10 and the 11,

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Name: - Adam Russ Address: - 1491 Hunters Chase Dr. #2C City/Town: - Westlake State: - OH ZIP: - 44145 Email Address: - [email protected] Phone Number: - 2165151648

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Personally, I find the entire project to be a waste of money, as streets like Carnegie could be updated first to alleviate any perceived traffic issues.

5. Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

I endorse the urban agriculture and St. Hyacinth measures. Other asthetic considerations should be done as a matter of course. In other words, the project should be first-rate from the start.

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 12 Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:16:55 PM

My name is Rosetta Russell and I live at 8024 Cedar ave. My phone number is 859-620- 3861. I don't approve of this construction plan because it would hurt the communities transportation needs that alot of people in the communities depends on to get back and forth to jobs, doctors, and etc. Plus a lot of dead end that can be harmful at night. Plus pull the rapids that is depended on as well. If anything we don't want this work done just our streets smoothed out and not so uneven. This also effects my own transportation as well.

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1 this neighborhood and not out of this 2 neighborhood. I ride my bike regularly from 3 University Heights to Tri-C Metro. I've 4 gotten to know people in the neighborhood and 5 their resiliency and the fact that they have 6 built and they have stayed; that 7 dislocating -- and that's the right word, 8 dislocating, 64 or 76 households is no small 9 thing. 10 I would suggest also that for traffic 11 coming from the southwest into University 12 Circle, taking to it the heart of University 13 Circle doesn't make sense, on its face. If 14 anything, the western border of the Hough 15 neighborhoods, the western area of the Clinic 16 should be the destination for those cars. And 17 I would suggest that more transit orientation 18 needs to be made. For instance, build parking 19 on 70th, utilize Cedar Avenue, which is under 20 utilized, take three lanes to turn left onto 21 55th, direct 55th up Cedar, put in parking 22 that's $6 a day, put in a free shuttle pass, 23 make it reasonable financially to leave your 24 car rather than take your car into University 25 Circle.

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1 The last thing I want to say, because 2 of this neighborhood, if you eliminate getting 3 to work, south of Cleveland is a problem and 4 you are proposing, with the cul-de-sacs, to 5 make getting north and south more difficult 6 especially for the people that live south of 7 University Circle. This project simply does 8 not serve their purposes. Thank you. 9 MS. LEE: This is the last 10 public comment on the sign-in sheet. If there 11 is anyone else who has decided they would like 12 to make a comment, they can line up right here 13 at this time. 14 MR. ASHAI SINGH: Good evening. My 15 name is Ashai Singh. I'm at the northeast 16 Ohio Transit Coalition. My comment is that 17 ODOT has identified numerous environmental 18 justice concerns. My group does not believe 19 they are fully studied or fully outlined or 20 catalogued and that there are more impacts to 21 neighboring communities that are being 22 outlined. For example, to cut off Woodhill 23 Road would impact number 10 and 11 bus users 24 that served the Woodhill homeowners. There is 25 no guarantee that transit is going to be left

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Name: - Juliana Sadock Savino Address: - 2536 Warrensville Center Road City/Town: - Universtiy Heights State: - OH ZIP: - 44118 Email Address: - [email protected] Phone Number: - 216 371 0882

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Urban cyclist/amateur historian who has gotten to know Kinsman and the people who live there.

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This is out of date planning. It is auto centered/neighborhood-insensitive, and redundant. Seven east-west routes into U Circle from the west are in existence. Improve those! Additionally, encouraging auto traffic from the west to continue as far east as E 105 is on its face ridiculous. Better to build decent park/shuttle options on the western reach of U Cir/Hough/Fairfax, say around E 79th and Cedar, Cedar Av being an under-utilized existing route. Include a shuttle pass in the price of parking (guarded of course, and less costly than parking close in), add amenities such as a coffee shop, auto detailing/oil change; in other words, make the park/shuttle alternative irresistible. That is 21st c planning!

5. Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

The fact that noise barriers are even a consdieration indicates this project is all about the commuters and very little about the neighborhood. You are asking what shade lipstick belongs on the pig. re: Urb/Ag. Glad to see it mentioned. This whole area should be considered a food enterprise zone and be planned accordingly. Green City Growers, Orlando, Miceli's Rid-All are the existing anchors. Re: Enhanced bus shelters: Please at least be honest that this proposed route decreases the number of north-south routes for residents on each side of the boulevard. Cleveland does not lack for east -west routes and can ill afford to lose north-south streets.

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Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 154 Page: 4 Comment ID No. B102 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 catching a light, so that's what I want to 2 know. It's environmental because of the carbon 3 monoxide with idled cars running up and down 4 the street. Okay. Thank you. 5 DR. SMITH: My name is Dr. Jerome 6 Smith from Poise Entertainment Education 7 Company, a nonprofit organization beginning in 8 1998. Our mission is to educate the youth 9 district in northeast Ohio. Please be advised, 10 Poise Entertainment Education company, a 11 nonprofit government 501(3)(C), our goal is to 12 build the art and entertainment educational 13 museum institute. Our company has worked for 14 five years or more garnering support to build 15 the arts entertainment museum and center. The 16 organization has spent over one half million 17 dollars in work in an investment and over 2,000 18 hours working on this project. 19 This center would be the first in 20 the world for the youth and school district of 21 northeast Ohio. We identify with the tens of 22 thousands of jobs and careers in the arts and 23 entertainment industry. You may visit us at 24 www.poiseentertainmenteducation.org. 25 Our question for the opportunity

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Clevelanders for Transportation Equaity’s Analysis of the Ohio Department of transportation’s draft Environmental Impact Statement for the “Opportunity Corridor”

INTRODUCTION

WHO WE ARE

We are a grassroots organization united by our concerns about the "Opportunity Corridor" road project planned for the east side of Cleveland. This $331 million road project has been marketed as a development opportunity that will bring jobs to poor neighborhoods. But there are no guarantees. Right now the proposal is for a wide, fairly high speed road that is in many ways designed like a highway, with 13-foot sound walls at three locations, pedestrian bridges and wide intimidating intersections.

OUR CONCERNS We want to make sure this project truly serves the neighborhoods it intersects and these are neighborhoods where, in many cases, the majority of residents do not have access to a car. There is a real risk, we think, that this road could degrade quality of life in those neighborhoods by serving as a major barrier to those on foot and bike, while adding traffic noise and pollution to neighborhoods that already suffer from serious air pollution problems.

WHAT YOU CAN DO We encourage anyone impacted by this project -- those in the affected neighborhoods, those throughout the county and the state that will bear the financial burden for this project -- to examine the draft Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the Ohio Department of Transportation. This lengthy document examines the health and community impacts of the proposed road project and explains the planning process that led to the current plan.

Below is our analysis of that document, intended for a general audience. You can submit comments at this website https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OCPublicHearingCommentForm

Why is Clevelanders for Transportation Equity opposed to the Opportunity Corridor?

The Opportunity Corridor will use $331 million in public funds to advance a corporate agenda to improve highway access for industrial development and suburban commuters. Public transportation and pedestrian and bicycle facilities, as well as repair to existing roads, are not being addressed in the project as core transportation needs.

The “Opportunity Corridor” is not a sustainable investment in transportation infrastructure, and it will not revitalize Cleveland’s neighborhoods. The future of

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Cleveland’s neighborhoods depends on our investment in transit, bicycle facilities, and pedestrian amenities that support urban development, not highway extensions that support suburban development and sprawl. No GCRTA bus service is planned along the route.

Forty percent of the households in the project area do not have cars and rely on public transportation, walking or bicycling for mobility. The Environmental Justice Memo for the project says, “a feasible alternative which addresses the identified transportation needs and avoid impacts to low-income and minority populations does not exist. Based on this determination, several mitigation measures and community enhancements will be implemented as part of the proposed project.” But the proposed mitigation measures fall far short of providing for local transportation needs. Additional negative impacts of the project on local residents include home seizures, increased noise, and significant impacts on local air quality in an area with high asthma rates.

In addition, the economic development plan for the area will require property acquisition, resident relocation, land clearance, and environmental remediation, none of which is funded by the Opportunity Corridor project, and which could happen regardless of construction of the roadway. While the Area Wide Brownfields Plan for the corridor area is focused on truck-dependent light manufacturing, distribution, and warehousing, it also calls for transit-oriented development (TOD) that would take advantage of the three Rapid stations in the area. This is an idea proposed by earlier community plans. The Opportunity Corridor roadway is designed for maximum convenience for cars and trucks, and will serve as an obstacle to TOD. No funding is being provided to GCRTA for needed renovations to the E79th St. Station that may result in it being closed.

DEIS ANALYSIS

WALKABILITY AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

Although the "purpose and need" statement for the project lists improving bike and pedestrian access, we believe the project will reduce pedestrian access through the area. The current plan is for a major, fairly high-speed road with few intersections. The current plan calls for a series of "mega-blocks -- about seven blocks would be condensed into one -- with signalized crossing only at a few key intersections. To cross the road on foot safely, at many points, would force pedestrians to travel an additional half mile or more on foot. We know small blocks and pedestrian-scaled streets with streetfront retail and side sidewalks with trees make the best environments for walking. This project contains none of those elements and would meanwhile obliterate big portions of the street gird potentially worsening walkability throughout the area. ODOT's claims that this project improves pedestrian access demonstrates a shocking lack of awareness of pedestrian design on the part of that agency.

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ODOT has set the design speed of the road at 40 mph, and admits the real speed will be 45 miles per hour. The change of survival for a pedestrian struck by a car traveling 40 miles per hour is only 15 percent, studies have shown. So the speed, itself is not accommodating to a safe and comfortable pedestrian environment,

Design elements that will discourage multi-modal use of the “Opportunity Corridor” include:

• Wide intersections with large turning ‘radii’ • No mid-block crosswalks • 12- and 13-foot lane widths, designed for highway speeds • No pedestrian refuges in the center median • A sidewalk confined to the north side of the road • Instead of on-road bike lanes, a suburban-style bike path • Ten neighborhood streets will become dead ends at Opportunity Corridor, including Quincy Avenue, which is a bus route that serves public housing • Sound walls are being considered to separate the road from the neighborhood • A barrier at E. 55th Street blocks entry and egress to the Red Line Rapid Station (but a very expensive on-ramp will be built to help motorists coming north on E. 55th from Slavic Village)

Here is an example of one of the proposed intersections. See that the pedestrian has to cross six 12-foot traffic lanes, a distance of 72 feet, in a single signal phase.

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Project managers at ODOT District 12 say that a bridge built over Kingsbury Run is evidence that pedestrians were considered. But, that single gesture does not adequately compensate for the many barriers for pedestrians throughout the corridor, and is really only incidental to the project’s true aim: improving vehicle access. The cul-de-sacs, wide intersections, sound walls, retaining walls and only 12 intersections for a three-mile corridor (which averages 1 intersection per 1,320 feet) will most certainly impede pedestrian mobility. The road needs to be redesigned to be more context sensitive. Many pedestrians and transit riders will be inconvenienced. Some may be seriously injured or killed when trying to cross a road designed to move cars at high speeds.

The justification stated by ODOT project managers (at a meeting at District 12 offices on September 18) for wide intersections and large turning radii is to accommodate buses. But RTA has stated no plans to expand service on Opportunity Corridor, which is already served by the red line.

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

A 1994 federal law prohibits the use of federal funds for projects that have “disproportionate and adverse impacts on low-income and minority groups.” This concept is referred to as “environmental justice.”

In its draft environmental impact statement, the Ohio Department of Transportation explains that the “Opportunity Corridor” “will have disproportionate and adverse impacts on low-income and minority groups. Below is a chart directly from the DEIS that explains the result of the environmental justice review ODOT was required to undertake. (Underlining and arrows were added by CTE for emphasis.)

ODOT is proposing several “mitigation” activities because without them, the project would be in violation of federal environmental justice laws. One “mitigation” activity ODOT is proposing is a “voluntary relocation program,” i.e. ODOT would help families in the neighborhood harmed by the project find new homes elsewhere.

The inclusion of a “voluntary relation program” as a supposed “mitigating factor” for the harms presented by this project aptly demonstrates its fundamental flaws. This proposed “mitigation” effort will further weaken the existing neighborhoods. No project undertaken with public funds should make low-income and minority neighborhoods unlivable. Simply removing these households from a bad situation created by the project is not a true effort at “mitigation” but an admission of the project’s profound destructive capacity.

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AIR QUALITY

ODOT has determined that the “Opportunity Corridor” will have “no impact” on air quality in the region. We at Clevelanders for Transportation Equity find this determination preposterous.

There are two problems with the air quality analysis for this project.

1. The analysis only examined the project’s impact on regional air quality, not localized air quality. This project is planned for an area with very severe health disparities caused in part by air pollution. According to a 2008 study by Environmental Health Watch, 22 percent of African American children living on Cleveland’s East Side have asthma, and 8 percent require hospitalization for this illness. In addition, the neighborhoods immediately surrounding this project area have some of the highest infant mortality rates in the country. A recent study by the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found the Kinsman neighborhood – one of the neighborhoods impacted by this project – has an infant mortality rate of 31 deaths per 1,000, a higher rate than the country of Zimbabwe. Infant mortality rates in University Circle, another impacted neighborhood, are as high as 69 deaths per 1,000 births, worse than Haiti and Rwanda. Many studies have linked air pollution to infant mortality.

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This project will worsen localized air quality in very vulnerable neighborhoods with very severe health disparities. That is completely unacceptable. An air quality study that does not consider these very severe health disparities is not an acceptable analysis for this project. Localized health impacts must be considered.

2. The study does not consider “induced demand,” additional vehicles miles that will result from this tremendous investment undertaken for the convenience of drivers. Induced demand is a well-documented phenomenon where investments in additional road capacity lead to increased automobile trips because the investments reduce the overall costs of driving (including congestion). This $331 million investment in road infrastructure will encourage single-occupancy vehicle commuting to University Circle. These additional trips will worsen air quality in our region, which is in non-attainment.

PURPOSE AND NEED STATEMENT

The default assumptions that have driven this planning process are out of date. If we examine the region a decade ago when ODOT started the planning for the Opportunity Corridor—as an exercise to see if it could remove a lane from the Innerbelt—the housing market was strong and Northeast Ohio was expanding. The current market paints a very different picture.

New housing starts are well below the pre-market crash and are predicted to remain at historically low levels. Meanwhile, population inflows since 2010 to Cleveland’s center have risen 35 percent. Occupancy rates are around 98% in downtown Cleveland and thousands of new apartment and condo units are in the development pipeline. Outmigration is showing signs of slowing as demand rises for living in existing areas.

Another important metric is the reduction in vehicle miles traveled (VMT). In the last six quarters, VMT among Americans aged 18-25 has shrunk by 23 percent. Less demand for suburban living and less interest in driving are important to recognize in the context of whether to build another road to maintain or improve on what we have.

They make a case for revisiting the old purpose and need statement for the Opportunity Corridor. Market dynamics have changed and so has the purpose and need for an urban expressway.

If ODOT were being run as a business, spending $331 million on a road to shave a few minutes from a commute from the west suburbs to University Circle would simply fail the cost-benefit ratio of any CEO. A more prudent investment might be a more ‘market based’ strategy that involves lots of new housing in University Circle to reduce the demand for an urban highway. University Circle and ODOT could invest a small portion of the funds on improvements to the existing roadway network between

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I-490 and University Circle and deliver the same benefit. An alternative plan focused on an improved E. 55th and Woodland (with an extension at its east terminus to connect with E. 105) should include modernized traffic signals, repaved roads, and improved intersections at I-490 and E. 55th and at E. 55th/Kinsman/Woodland/Woodhill.

The alternative study deserves more than a cursory examination from ODOT. In coordination with reducing demand through new housing investment in University Circle, an alternative that modernizes E. 55th to Woodland could provide similar transportation benefits at much reduced cost on an existing four-lane road.

In addition, a ‘fix-it-first’ plan provides a much-needed infusion of investment in the existing built environment—in a higher density corridor. From an economic development standpoint, improving the daily condition of a large population battling chronic poverty is a higher and better use and should figure in to the economic return of Opportunity Corridor.

Opportunity Corridor is premised on an economic development study that Greater Cleveland Partnership paid Allegro Realty Advisors to produce. Allegro recommends that the city level 20 or so additional buildings in addition to the 60 homes and 20 commercial properties for Opportunity Corridor to create four, 30-acre parcels for light industrial uses. Allegro determined that there is demand for another industrial corridor even though less than a mile south of the future Opportunity Corridor, the firm convinced the city that building an extension of Bessemer Avenue would attract business to a light industrial park. Cleveland has been shopping a 60-acre “shovel ready” site on Bessemer Avenue.

Planners have told the city it has a dearth of 20+ acre parcel industrial properties that are "shovel ready." On the west side, the city prepared two former brownfields at that scale: The Midland Site and the Trinity Site, which is slightly less accessible to the highway. Reportedly, the Midland site is getting development interest and the Trinity site none at all.

Much of the economic case for Opportunity Corridor rests on an assumption that demand for industrial land will continue to rise. Colliers in its 2012 Cleveland real estate market report says the 41 million square feet of industrial space on the market represents a low 8.7% vacancy rate.

Allegro has made its case that highway and rail and clearing lots of vacant land is sufficient to attract industry to Opportunity Corridor. An alternative vision is highway access and the presence of light rail and bus lines provide the infrastructure for targeted neighborhood re-investment strategy. An examination of the vacant properties and abandoned parcels in the alternative route of E. 55th and Woodland add up to a significant reinvestment opportunity with the added value of proximity to a high density residential area, including a large population living in subsidized, sub- standard housing.

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The second ‘equity’ decision for a fix-it-first investment is the 60 households that will be displaced. Opportunity Corridor will use eminent domain to seize the homes of impoverished families, and offer them ‘fair market value’ in return. Current appraised values for the homes that will be demolished are around $6,000. How will ‘fair market’ translate to ‘making whole’ the little old lady who has lived here for decades so that she bears the loss, the pain of displacement and the expense of moving and finding a decent home?

A strong argument can be made for a ‘demand management’ investment in University Circle. Instead of one road, multiple existing roads in University Circle such as Stokes, MLK, Cedar and Chester Avenue could get long-needed improvements. An alternative to Opportunity Corridor would be to infuse University Circle with a massive infrastructure investment with the purpose of attracting mixed-use development that builds on the vacant areas around campus and the Euclid Corridor.

Investing directly in University Circle leverages billions being spent to make it the premier walkable neighborhood in the state. A major investment in infrastructure to make University Circle more walkable and bike friendly in the spaces between current development would continue it’s impressive growth as a neighborhood.

For example, instead of Opportunity Corridor, ODOT could invest in a proposed park at the base of Cedar Hill. Or, redesign Stokes Boulevard to conform to a more conventional design that maximizes land use for development. It could improve the surface road network, and connect pockets of development between The Cleveland Clinic and Uptown. It would require a shift in thinking—instead of simply moving traffic, roads are investments in making University Circle a more complete, vibrant place to live, work and play.

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1 in the first place. I also think that the 2 project has been poorly carried out. I think 3 that the road has a potential to be a big 4 barrier in the neighborhood. This road isn't 5 going to be a big benefit for people in the 6 neighborhood in and of itself, it's really 7 going to be a benefit for Suburban commuters. 8 And the way it's designed, I don't think it 9 does enough to address that. 10 The Greater Cleveland Partnership has 11 made a big point of how this is pedestrian 12 friendly, but I ride for a living and see how 13 serious this is, besides the fact that it has 14 ten intersections. Those intersections have 15 wide-turn radii. They have no pedestrian 16 features and they're potentially dangerous for 17 residents that are vulnerable, and a lot of 18 them don't have access to private automobiles 19 and a lot of the privileges that some of the 20 designs of this project do. So I'm 21 disappointed that that wasn't addressed and I 22 think for ODOT to include this and call this a 23 pedestrian improvement in its plans really 24 just demonstrates a complete lack of 25 understanding for what makes roads pedestrian

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We need to focus our roadway construction and renovation efforts on repairing the infrastructure we already have and making our streets more accessible for pedestrians and cyclists. Drivers going to University Circle have plenty of route choices - spend this money on something other than the Opportunity Corridor!

5. Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

These are all nice, but I think they could be established in other ways without the construction of the corridor.

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1 benefits for people most impacted. Thank you. 2 MEREDITH SEIKEL: I'm Meredith 3 Seikel. I'm a 77-year-old resident of the 4 area. I do have a Master's degree in urban 5 planning, architectural law as a minor many, 6 many years ago. My comment is simply this: 7 There is one thing I have not heard 8 mentioned. People of all economic levels, 9 colors, shapes, sizes, religions have ideas, 10 and these people, again regarding this 11 economic level, color, background, 12 what-have-you, are moving into the technological 13 age and I think this project could help, with a 14 very strong force in economic development. But 15 nowhere has anyone said when we're challenged 16 with sewers, water, et cetera, we're going to 17 challenge for high speed Internet connections. 18 Have you talked about it in one community? 19 Because this project, you realize, will connect 20 into high speed internet access availability. So 21 I recommend that you look at this because then 22 the young people who are standing on the corners 23 with their cell phones or whatever, they love 24 technology, they'll sit in the coffee house and 25 they'll come up with an idea and you'll have

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1 people in your neighborhoods creating 2 businesses for and in many areas. Thank you. 3 ABDUSEMIH TODESE: My name is 4 Abdusemih Todese. I'm from the Islamic Center 5 of Pittsburgh. I've lived around this Fairfax 6 area for many years and I've just bought the 7 house on Quincy and 87th. So I will 8 definitely be impacted by this project. 9 However, the fact that most of the discussions 10 today or the presentation today are focused on 11 economic development, I would like to call 12 your attention to some very key issues. The 13 first thing is for those who have lived in 14 this area, for many years Cedar Avenue has 15 been abandoned for many, many years. I don't 16 know who is behind it right now, trying to 17 connect it to the University Circle, and, 18 likewise, is Quincy Avenue before it was built. 19 Now, how can we talk about building a whole 20 project that costs a million dollars, but we have 21 these roads in these areas that have been 22 abandoned for many years. That's my first 23 point. 24 The second point: Some of the 25 individuals mentioned earlier, the residents

Tackla & Associates Page: 62 Appendix D4 - Page 172 Comment ID No. B109 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 MR. SICKORA: I don't believe that 2 they did enough studying of this roadway. They 3 did not take into account the noise pollution 4 it will create. I live in the neighborhood 5 just below the entranceway from 490 in the 6 Hyacinth neighborhood, and it's going to also 7 affect my access to the RTA station that we 8 just had moved over to the east side of the 9 East 55th Street bridge so we can get access to 10 it. 11 I don't think it's a good thing. 12 It's going to just create more traffic 13 headaches. It's going to -- I don't believe 14 it's going to create enough economic 15 development in our area to warrant such a 16 building of a road. I believe the money can be 17 better used in other places in other aspects of 18 the city, such as Urban Light and other 19 projects that the city can be doing for the 20 neighborhoods instead of just putting in just a 21 single little road project, and that's what I 22 want to say. 23 MS. KITTREDGE: I represent the 24 Hyacinth neighborhood, which is at the far 25 western end of the proposed route and in

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1 brownfields. They were industrial lands that 2 have chemicals. They're not good land to build 3 on. It wouldn't cost that much to clean up 4 the land, another 10 million or more at an 5 already 331 million project. Why not do that 6 and at least clean up the land so people can 7 use it? Also, I would like to know how the 8 proponents ever this project plan that it will 9 not be taken over by fast food and Dollar 10 Stores? Any time I've addressed that concern, 11 no one is able to answer that question. So if 12 it's a cut-through road and a low income 13 neighborhood, it's likely going to have fast 14 foods and Dollar Stores. So if there is going 15 to be all these jobs, how are we going to 16 prevent that, in other words? 17 And they redeveloped that saying this 18 business is going to come in and they're still 19 trying to lease that land out and no one is 20 there, so I don't see where the demand is. 21 Thank you. 22 JAMES SICKORA: Hello. My name is 23 James Sickora. I live in the same 24 neighborhood. My biggest concern is when they 25 mentioned about the redoing of the 490, I-77

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1 interchange where the construction begins, 2 where the start of 490 and 55th, my concern is 3 for my mother. She works out on the west side 4 out in Fairview Park somewhere. She works on 5 the east side in the Newburgh, Garfield 6 Heights or Bedford actually. She has to use 7 that area, that interchange, in order to get 8 to work. If they reroute that area, that 9 interchange, she has no way of getting there 10 except to go through Broadway to get onto 490. 11 That's going to create much more of a headache 12 for her. It's going to cut off her time to get 13 to work so she'll have to get up much earlier in 14 the morning to get to her classes, she teaches 15 STNAs. Sometimes she has to go to clinics, 16 which are around 6:00 in the morning. So in 17 order to do this, she's got to go take that 18 interchange. 19 Secondly, too, like the gentleman was 20 saying about the bus extension, the truckers 21 use 490, 77 to get to 55th to go to Bessemer. 22 So they can use it now. If you cut off that 23 extension, you'll have to loop to 55th from 24 the corridor. It's going to create much more 25 truck traffic than it's worth, create more

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1 truck headaches than it's worth. I don't 2 think it's worth the trouble of spending $331 3 million. Thank you. 4 MR. WAHL: Amanda, is there 5 anyone else that would like to comment at this 6 time? 7 Thank you. We will have 8 representatives remaining at the board until 9 8:00. We'll be here until 8:00 if there's any 10 more questions. If you're speaking to one of 11 the representatives and you have specific 12 questions, we'll answer the questions to the 13 best of our ability. But if you want to 14 comment, as we've said, to be on the record, 15 make sure you've submitted a comment form. 16 The comment box is in the back corner. You 17 can drop them off, if you haven't filled them 18 in tonight, until 8:00, and you have until 19 October 31st if you want your comments to be 20 heard by the Ohio Opportunity Corridor. And 21 there is another court reporter outside the 22 doors if you don't want to write your 23 comments. If you just want to go say your 24 comment on your way out, you can just comment 25 your documents on the way out, right out the

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1 intact, but it's actually impeded under the 2 contract. That's a disproportionate cost 3 being put on people who are trying their 4 hardest to make it and use transit as their 5 primary mode of transportation, not a highway 6 extension that would be serving suburban 7 communities from 71, 77 and 90, from Lorain 8 and Medina Counties and certainly not 9 providing local transportation connections. 10 There needs to be a community benefits 11 agreement to provide guarantees that there 12 will be workforce inclusions, that there will 13 be sufficient study of impacts to low income 14 communities, transit dependent communities and 15 that there is also a full study of air quality 16 of facts. You cannot add 10,000 heavy 17 construction equipment and cars without 18 impacting local air quality. There's no way 19 and it needs to be looked at. 20 Let's see. At this point whether 21 this project is being tallied on the basis of 22 economic development, again, never a 23 guarantee. There needs to be guarantees on 24 the front through benefits agreements that 25 this is a fair deal, we have a full line of

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Building the Opportunity Corridor seems to me to be an incredible waste of resources, as well as an incredibly unjust proposal. Over $300m can go to rebuild, remake, and rejuvenate the area adjacent to University Circle in much more productive ways. Other cities are tearing down expressways that disconnect neighborhoods, and we're planning on building more. I'm confused by the rationale: if the idea is to alleviate traffic congestion, actually improving areas like Hough and Fairfax would be a far better solution. There is plenty of vacant area into which University Circle employees could move, eliminating their long commute and removing themselves from the ranks of cars causing traffic jams. I appreciate that not everyone will move, but there are already many corridors to get to University Circle from 490, and it does not seem fair that the onus for improving their commute be placed on the neighborhoods through which the Opportunity Corridor runs (and the dozens of homes that will be torn down). Also, the way traffic works, I highly doubt it will improve congestion. Repeated plans for making long-distance commutes easier and easier just induce more people to choose living long distances from University Circle. I think everyone agrees that the exact opposite effect is what we're looking for. If we encourage long-distance commuting, that's what we will get--and the Opportunity Corridor itself will become just as congested as the current routes. We would have spent a third of a billion on...nothing. If the idea is not for relief of traffic congestion...then what is it for? Surely the secondary and tertiary elements (such as brownfield cleanup or the additional positive measures) can be pursued without creating an oversized urban thoroughfare that disconnects the community. This plan seems to weaken already vulnerable communities, to the benefit of non-Clevelanders. Government priorities should be exactly the opposite: help the vulnerable first. At $100m a mile, this project does nothing but create more government waste and more long-term financial liabilities, with very limited economic benefit to either the city or its residents.

5. Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

Urban agriculture and job assistance are great--and neither require a $350m boondoggle to be attached. They should be pursued, and the rest of the plan should be trashed.

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From: Jeff Sleasman To: Lee, Amanda Subject: Opportunity Corridor Date: Thursday, October 03, 2013 11:07:07 AM

Hi Amanda,

My comment on the Opportunity Corridor draft plan/preferred alternative is very simple: don't build it. There is literally no reason to. To be clear: some of the ancillary measures are reasonable (brownfield cleanup, park investment), but none require the O.C., which is harmful for various reasons:

Traffic: yes, it's billed as traffic relief. And conventional wisdom would lead us to believe that's true. After all, more lanes = less traffic, right? Except that's not how traffic works. By basically extending 490 to University Circle, the O.C. project actually places an incentive for people to live father from the Circle and drive more. It's a logical reaction: if someone can live in a faraway suburb and know that Ohio and Cleveland will consistently take measures to make sure that they can arrive at work with minimal sacrifice, they'll do so. The O.C. will actually induce more traffic over time and not solve congestion problems in the long run. A better option would be to invest funding on the neighborhoods surrounding University Circle to create incentives for more people to be there, rather than travel through. That would actually reduce traffic in the long run. Social justice: I have no doubt hearts are in the right place from officials and supporters. But it cannot be ignored that the people being forced out of their homes are low income and mostly Black, while the long-distance commuters benefiting are mostly higher income and mostly White. I'm not making a personal accusation against anyone, however, this fact cannot be dismissed. I cannot help but think tearing down people's private property to benefit long- distance commuters would not be tolerated if those people were not mostly poor and mostly Black. I think that's a reasonable assumption, too: nobody is talking about plowing a freeway through Cleveland Heights or Shaker Heights to benefit commuters from Solon/Hudson/Beachwood/Gates Mills, after all. Neighborhood/transportation access: a huge boulevard kills pedestrian access. So does the idea of "superblocks" by making neighborhood residents walk blocks and blocks out of their way. This in an area where over 50% of people don't own cars. The argument that there are paths and intersections doesn't help: crossings are very very infrequent and it's exceptionally limiting to have to cross a six lane road. Again, the actual neighborhood is being gutted for the benefit of long distance commuters. This is backwards. Investments should be made in the Circle to maximize long-term productivity and reduce the number of long-distance commuters that create congestion. Financial: this one is huuuge. $350m could go a long, long way to invest in the area instead of gut it with a huge throughway that takes people's homes from them. Not only would investing in the area end up helping with the congestion problem, it's also financially beneficial. I'd like to urge you to read concepts presented by Charles Marohn of Strong Towns. We like to show off flashy new projects. However, it turns out that traditional neighborhood development is much more financially viable than more modern, auto-centric development. Broad swaths of single-story buildings and parking lots do not create much value. If we create areas of high value, jobs and economic prosperity follow. Spending huge sums to shift jobs around and call it "job creation" does not do

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this. Indeed, the Opportunity Corridor plan calls for light manufacturing to be moved in--yet we have no companies signed up! How do we know they will? What further tax incentives will we have to give them? How long will they stay? Would they be in Cleveland anyway--if so, why spend tons of money to just move them here instead of elsewhere? Instead, if we invest in the actual neighborhood infrastructure, draw up a Smart Code for building, use placemaking concepts that create spaces where people actually want to live, work, and play, we'll see economic prosperity follow. $350m (or indeed much less!) would create much more value if used more effectively in Buckeye/Shaker, Central, Hough, Kinsman, and Fairfax. There's lots of unused land that can be developed very productively, if it's just given proper infrastructure incentives. This plan is not proper. It destroys value for the neighborhood. Successful Cleveland neighborhoods reflect high value development: Shaker Square; Ohio City; Cedar Lee; Gordon Square; Cedar Fairmount; Coventry; Uptown. We know how to make successful neighborhoods. Plans like this are not how to do it.

Thanks for you time. I'm skeptical that even the most robust of commentary will stop this plan, given the parties who stand to gain and their lobbying power. However, it's a simply awful idea for a city already devastated by sprawl. It merely creates incentivizes that sprawl even more and contributes to Cleveland's rough situation.

Best,

Jeff Sleasman

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Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 185 Page: 5 Comment ID No. B116 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 coordinator, how do an organization, which is a 2 non-profit, have spent over thousands of hours 3 and over half a million dollars and work on 4 their project, how do we be compensated in 5 payment for our work, and how do we also move 6 forward to bring this project back to life? 7 We are a business owner on this East 8 79th property. I would also like to add, our 9 project will impact the community and youth and 10 bring tens of thousands of careers as well as 11 thousands of jobs to youth and to the 12 community. Thank you for your support. 13 MS. COLE: When I came in, I had no 14 comment, but as I listened, this is a great 15 concern to me. This corridor, in my opinion, 16 seems to be here to please the Big C, which is 17 Cleveland Clinic and the juvenile detention 18 center; not the kids, but the judges. They 19 feel the need to have more security to come 20 into this neighborhood and to me, with our 21 schools in disarray, their education, some of 22 this really is a waste because they can really 23 be using this money to help our kids if they 24 really wanted to change this community, 25 especially this community. Thanks.

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: [email protected] Subject: ODOT Division 12 Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013 12:55:36 PM

My name is Gwendolyn Smith and I live at 2218 E.81st. street. My phone number is 216- 426-9440 and I also own a property at 2618 E.111th street in the projected area. I live on Cedar and my routes are Woodland. I go shopping on Larchmere and my daughter lives on Larchmere. My granddaughters daycare is there also and I pick her up on my way home. I go to Rudy's Sunoco on Buckeye at 89th when I come and go and get my gas there. It would be a great inconvenience if it was cut off. Also I experienced one time in my life at a dead end street a man tried to rob me and a friend. I am very disagreeable about this change. I also have property on Woodland. I take both Quincy and Woodland to my property. I don't feel that this is fair to us to make it convenient for others and uproot us and take our businessess like Rudy's and Bruder's whom I purchase supplies for my property.

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 112-Opportunity Corridor Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 2:39:01 PM

Rebecca Smith 8025 Cedar Ave. Apt.5 Cleveland, Ohio 44103

To who it may concern: Cutting off the 11 bus and creating dead end streets in my community will greatlly affect me. It will create more crime in the community and eliminating the bus line will inconvenience those who catch the 11 bus. Please consider the peopple of the Cedar Community before making any changes. I disapprove of the Community Corridor.

Sincerly,

Rebecca Smith

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 12: Community Corridor Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 2:56:55 PM

Eleanor E. Smith 1608 E.79th. street Cleveland, Ohio 44103 216-721-3218

To whom it may concern: I do not agree with the bus cut off because too many people cannot use the transit bus. They depend on thebus for many reasons: shopping, school, and work. This would have a devestating effect. Please work with us and do not cut off the bus routes. I do not agree with the changes for the Opportunity Corridor.

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1 the concerns that I had. 2 WALTER STANLEY: My name is Walter 3 Stanley. I'm a 30-plus year resident of 4 Fairfax. I was looking at some of the 5 demographics here and I see my home is going 6 to be effected, too, and some of the 7 community. I don't have any doubt that this 8 roadway is going to be built. The money is 9 already allocated and the political wheel is 10 here, but still I'm a little bit irritated 11 here by a lot of the things here. They claim 12 this is an opportunity. I don't know how and 13 how it effects us. I've been asking, I've 14 been to community meetings and I don't see it 15 yet. I know that people need to get to 16 University Circle and other places, and I see 17 our east and west roads are being used as 18 highways now. People can travel at 35, 40, 50 19 miles an hour trying to get to work. This 20 highway is maybe okay. It doesn't effect us in a 21 positive way. So I think if you really want to 22 effect it in a positive way, you don't have to 23 make it into a toll road. The people that 24 want to come to my neighborhood, let them pay 25 for it. All of us are going to be affected by

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Name: - Patrick Staunton Address: - 520 S. St. Patrick City/Town: - New Orleans State: - LA ZIP: - 70119 Email Address: - [email protected]

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Industrial Engineer/Cleveland Exile. this is the type of project that can bring me home

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Please keep pedestrian access in mind when making decisions. Have crosswalks at lights, and for the roads that will be turned into culs-de-sac/ dead ends for autos, please keep pedestrian and possibly bike access. I think this is a great project.

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I love this project, if it is executed as it is sold. Reignite the industrial areas, and strengthen the residential ones. However, if this is truly a boulevard, there should be NO noise barriers. Noise barriers are for freeways. If noise is an issue, use landscaping to absorb sound.

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1 and that's a lot of concern, especially 2 Veteran's who use public transportation to get 3 off there in the red line as well as the blue 4 and green line down on Woodhill. So I'm not 5 sure how those bus lines are going to work. 6 So there are many reasons that this plan 7 should not go through as it's planned out. 8 It's not even going to go through there. 9 But if we are going to build this, 10 there are a few concerns I'd like to address 11 really quick. Number one, instead of eminent 12 domain to obtain these houses, there has been 13 a housing crash: A lot of these houses aren't 14 worth a lot, but they've paid a lot on their 15 mortgage. 16 If you're spending $331 million, you 17 should spend some extra money and give these 18 people fair money for their property, not just 19 what the market asked, but $100,000 for 20 moving, for finding a new house, because some 21 of these new houses' market value is only 22 worth $6,000. That's not going to do 23 anything. That's not going to buy them a 24 house. Also, while we're on that point, 25 brownfield -- a lot of this land is

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Appendix D4 - Page 201 Comment ID No. B126 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 Dealer for 14 years. Man, the houses are all 2 boarded up, and they're all gone, and it's not 3 like our old neighborhood. It used to be a 4 nice Polish neighborhood, and now it's just -- 5 to me, it's the slums. 6 MS. GONZALEZ: Right. That's what 7 I don't get. What exactly are they trying to 8 save? There's nothing to save. 9 MS. CHIMILESKI: Right. I can see 10 if they were to come do a project, some people 11 say they shouldn't go where they have gone, but 12 in certain ways they should cut off, maybe not 13 go as far, but over in our area, but you know, 14 they have to go where they want to go to extend 15 the whole thing, and I'm for the project. 16 MR. STOCKING: I just wondered 17 about the intersection at Quincy and Woodhill. 18 Right now the plan is, it's proposed to be a 19 dead end, but that's a pretty major 20 intersection, and there's two RTA lines that 21 use that main road, the number 10 and the 22 number 11 buses. The number 11 services a lot 23 of the public for people that are going 24 downtown, and the number 10 connects the green 25 and blue line trains and the red line trains

Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 202 Page: 11 Comment ID No. B126 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 going all the way up Woodhill and East 105th 2 Street to the VA hospital. So my concern is, a 3 lot of veterans use public transportation to 4 get to their appointments at the VA. I worked 5 there for three years, and I'm wondering how 6 they will get there if that intersection is 7 closed. 8 Also concerned about fair prices 9 for housing versus market prices and eminent 10 domain. A lot of these people have been paying 11 mortgages into their houses for 30 years back 12 when they were wroth a lot more money than they 13 are today, and so giving them the market value 14 of today doesn't seem fair because they paid 15 into the house for 30 years. Some of these 16 houses are only worth $6,000, and so if we were 17 giving the person $6,000 for the house, what do 18 we expect them to do when they already paid off 19 their house that you're taking away from them? 20 So that's a concern that I have. 21 Also, a lot of the land that they 22 are proposing is brownfield land that needs to 23 be cleaned up, and it would only cost, you 24 know, a few more million dollars to do that 25 work properly. If the budget is already $330

Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 203 Page: 12 Comment ID No. B126 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 million, I don't see why the next ten million 2 dollars can't be thrown in to clean up all the 3 land. It could be thrown in because that way, 4 the land will be ready to use and the same goes 5 for the fair housing. If the budget is already 6 $330 million, it would only be another 10 or 12 7 million to give these people another hundred 8 thousand for their house for 80 houses. Do 9 that math, and it's easily not a lot more added 10 to the budget when it's already at $330 11 million. 12 So also this plan, I believe, was 13 finished in 2000, early 2000 so it's been 14 almost ten years since that time, and things 15 have changed since that time. Younger people 16 are driving less. Back then, houses in the 17 suburbs were worth more because it was before 18 the market collapse, and so we don't see those 19 same patterns anymore and a new independent 20 study should be done. If we're going to spend 21 almost half a billion dollars, I guess it would 22 be a third of a billion dollars on this road, 23 we should at least have a current study; not 24 one that has already been outdated by ten years 25 before the construction even starts.

Tackla & Associates Appendix D4 - Page 204 Page: 13 Comment ID No. B126 Deposition of Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing Comments Opportunity Corridor Public Hearing 1 And along with my concerns with the 2 bus routes, just public transit in general, a 3 significant percentage of these households in 4 these neighborhoods do not own a car and rely 5 on public transportation, so if there's -- if 6 we're going to spend, you know, a third of a 7 billion dollars on this road, then we should 8 also be addressing those people in the 9 neighborhoods that don't own cars and that rely 10 on public transportation. If anything, as I 11 already mentioned with the 10 and 11 bus 12 routes, it cuts people off. Also, the 13 East 55th rapid and the blue and green train 14 service would be walled up, and there will 15 actually need to be a pedestrian bridge just 16 where anyone can walk up from all directions. 17 That's it. 18 (Comments concluded.) 19 - - - - - 20

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 12: Community Corridor Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 3:00:24 PM

Michael Talley 8024 Cedar Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44103 216-402-1396

I will be forced to deture from 93rd and Woodland. I don't agree to the changes at all. Its' unfair to relocate my friends and family and not paying them enough to sell out!!

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Name: - Lynne. Taylor Address: - 2727. Lancashire rd Address 2: - B 808 City/Town: - Cleveland. Hts State: - OH ZIP: - 44106

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I really want this to happen I think it would be wonderful for the University Circle area where I live. I know people that wouldn't move to this area because it is so hard to get to the interstates.

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All good ideas

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From: w_toomer To: McFarland, Amanda Subject: Fair market value today , being there"s a structur Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 2:34:24 PM

Fair market value today , being there's a structure being torn down every week in my residential area dropping value. Will I still be able to RECIEVE my 4.5 rate if forced to move and my rate was fixed for entirety of mortgage . If my property is marked for removal for project , when do I start looking for a new home and how long do I have to wait for the funding to relocate my family . Being in today's market most property owners have paid more for there property than it's value , how will odot restore my living conditions , will I be left hanging with more debt for costruction of this project ?? Does odot provide realtor help in placement or some good referral that works with this situation of displacement of families homes ? WINSTON TOOMER [email protected] 6111 carpenter ave. Cleveland Ohio 44127 216-441-7262 /216-278-5527

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This project brings up disturbing similarities with the urban renewal projects of the 40s-60s. Cleveland is still recovering from getting sliced apart from freeways. Although this project is described as a 35mph boulevard, the Saved Views (1) wider lanes, sound walls, straight-aways, emphasis on commuters to University Circle, and exits designed for warehouses that we are *hoping* will get built in the forgotten triangle sounds a lot more like a thoroughfare. In ? addition, "build it and they will come" has not exactly worked out in Cleveland. Not to mention it seems like we would be better off building more vertical streets and repaving the surrounding ones of the forgotten triangle than Original View (No rules applied) just trying to do some exits off of the main street if we really want to open it up to development. I've heard a lot of people talk about how good this will be for residents of the area, how it's designed to bring jobs to that area, how there'll be a bike path and bridges, but when hearing engineers talk about it and looking at the actual specifications for the lanes and turns this does not look like a transit-focused development, it looks like a completely typical street that may have signs saying 35mph but people will end up driving along it at 50mph because there's nothing to stop Exports them and not only will it not bring jobs to the area, but it will make it even easier for more people to live further away ? from University Circle and get there easier. All installing highways has done is make it so that more people move out of the city and then commute in for work. We need to be focusing on developments that actually make it worth it to people to live in the city. The health line has been one of the greatest transit-oriented development successes in the entire country and certainly in Cleveland. It's brought in billions of dollars and has paid itself off many times already. With such a success under our belts, why are we going back to something that has already been tried thousands of times and has not even once worked for us? The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and expecting different outcomes and those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Cliches yes, but very relevant to this as it looks like Cleveland is about to ruin the great work it did with pioneering a new way of thinking about designing streets in the US and make a fool of itself for using decades old designs in an area that voters have rejected time and time again for the amount of displacement that it would cause.

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Noise barriers are not necessary on a properly designed boulevard. If you're considering noise barriers, you're not designing a boulevard, you're designing a thoroughfare. The rest of these should not be optional inclusions, they should be the main priorities of the development and the entire thing should be designed to make these mandatory as well as many other things. The majority of people in this area don't even own cars, so why on earth are we building an utterly car dominated road right through them if not for people who will never live there, will never work there, and will continue to live in the suburbs, commute to University Circle, and not pay property taxes into Cleveland because you've made it even easier for them to not live in it.

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: [email protected] Subject: ODOT Division 12 Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013 12:20:50 PM

My name is Aaron Wallace and I live at 9824 Marah Ave. My phone number is 216-441- 3393 and my email address is a.wallacejr2 @gmail.com. I use both of those bus lines. I don't have a car. All of my access to the city is those bus lines. I rely on those buses almost everyday.

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: Manna House Subject: ODOT Division 12-Opportunity Corridor Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 1:04:56 PM

HermanWeaver 8025 Cedar Ave. Apt.7 Cleveland, Ohio 44103 216-466-1249 [email protected]

I prefer that the work to establish 490 connection be cancelled in it's present form because it interrupts physical, social and business in the community. Please consider a way that this can be done that would maintain continuity and community continous flow of physical communication.

H.Weaver

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Name: - KRISSIE WELLS Address: - 3415 Chatham Ave City/Town: - Cleveland State: - OH ZIP: - 44113 Email Address: - [email protected] Phone Number: - 4193029574

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I am very much against the "Opportunity" Corridor project as a whole, considering that it seems to be planned with only drive-through traffic in mind with little consideration of actual east side Cleveland residents. No bus line, rerouting other buslines, and spending $300 million on a road we do not need when half of this city is living in poverty. Building another Burger King isn't going to alleviate the poverty this city faces, and I'm tired of allegiance towards motorists when 35% of the residents in Cleveland don't drive. This city is for the people who live in it, not the cars that drive through it.

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1 up to our public comment period. We have some 2 individuals that will facilitate our process, 3 Amanda Lee. We've got nine people on the 4 list. So I'm going to call who comes up and 5 I'm going to call who is on deck, so if they 6 could stand quietly behind the person who is 7 first. We have A. Wendell Wheadon and on deck 8 is Paul D. Lewis. 9 MR. WHEADON: A. Wendell Wheadon. 10 I'd like to thank the Steering Committee for 11 the opportunity for us to have a word. I see 12 my clock has already started, so I will limit 13 my comments to one point and that has to do 14 with the emphasis that's been -- or lack of 15 emphasis that's been placed on jobs for the 16 residents who are going to be dislocated and 17 disturbed by this project. It appears to 18 be -- and I have gone through the DEIS that 19 the attention given to innovative approaches 20 to -- involving residents not only in the 21 construction work itself but also in much of 22 the ancillary work has not been done. The 23 only thing that I saw in the program that has 24 to do with jobs, that you were planning to do 25 a training and that University Circle was

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ODOT is considering including the measures listed to the  Job training assistance - Provide funding to right in the project. Please give your thoughts about these help existing job training programs. measures below. You may use additional pages if needed.  Noise barriers - Use alternative materials to improve the look of noise barriers if the impacted owners want them.

 Urban agriculture - Provide financial aid to assist in the planning for sites included in the Urban Agricultural Innovation Zone in the Kinsman neighborhood.  St. Hyacinth neighborhood - Construct enhancements along Maurice and Bellford avenues to help create a new entrance into the St. Hyacinth neighborhood. Street trees and sidewalk and pavement improvements could be included.  DBE goal - Increase the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) construction goal in the construction contract(s).  Enhanced bus shelters - Build enhanced bus shelters where existing bus lines cross the new boulevard (Kinsman Road, East 79th Street, Buckeye Road, and Quincy and Cedar avenues). Fold Here

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Public Comments to the Draft Environmental Impact Study Submitted by Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation October 31, 2013 Introduction. For more than 20 years FRDC has invested substantially in professional planning for the development of the Fairfax neighborhood. We have worked with Urban Design Associates of Pittsburgh, PA, an international renowned firm in urban planning and development. As a community development corporation, we engage the community stakeholders in the master planning process. The result is the Fairfax Strategic Investment Plan which collectively is the strength of the neighborhood. Fairfax is a balanced community of residential, commercial, retail, and institutions including world-class health care, arts and culture and community services. Connectively and a community of walkable scale are critical to the successful growth of the Fairfax neighborhood. While there are stakeholders who are opposed to the construction of the Opportunity Corridor, there are those who are not opposed but have concerns about some aspect of the proposed design. For the public record, FRDC is opposed the following three issues and is seeking alternatives to the proposed design of the Opportunity corridor in these areas: 1. The absence of grass, tree-lined median on E. 105th Street between Cedar Avenue and Quincy Avenue as shown in Figure 1 below. A median promotes walkable scale and community connectivity. It is essential that a grass, tree-lined median be reincorporated in the final design of Phase I of the Opportunity Corridor.

Absence of a grass median on E. 105th Street between Quincy and Cedar Avenues

Figure 1. Required grass median on E. 105th Street between Cedar Avenue and Quincy Avenue.

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Public Comments to the Draft Environmental Impact Study Submitted by Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation October 31, 2013 2. Termination of through traffic, north and south on E. 89th Street in favor of a cul-de-sac north of Frederick Avenue as shown in Figure 2 below. This is unacceptable, and while restoration of the road is strongly preferred, an alternative is proposed in Figure 3 below to redirect E. 89th Street in a southwesterly direction to connect to Woodland Avenue using at E 86th Street. E. 86th Street, currently providing traffic flow one-way south, is proposed to be a bidirectional road. This alternative is in addition to the E. 89th Street pedestrian bridge.

Proposed E. 89th St. Cul‐de‐Sac

Figure 2. Shows the current design to terminate E. 89th Street in a Cul‐de‐Sac.

E. 86th St. E. 89th St.

Frederick Ave.

Nevada Ave.

Figure 3. Alternative proposal for continuation of E. 89th Street to Buckeye Avenue via E. 86th Street.

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Public Comments to the Draft Environmental Impact Study Submitted by Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation October 31, 2013 3. Termination of through traffic, east and west on Quincy Avenue east of E. 105th Street in favor of a cul-de-sac east of the Norfolk & Southern rail overpass as shown in Figure 4 below. This is unacceptable, and restoration of the road is strongly preferred. It is important to develop an alternative that does not bisect the neighborhood, promotes connectivity and walkable scale. The proposed closure adversely impacts the economic viability of several businesses at the end of Quincy Avenue on the north side, and businesses and a residential community and along the Woodhill Road corridor. It also adversely impact the develop plan for the same areas. There are additional impacts to city of Cleveland services such as waste collection, police (including CMHA), fire and medical emergency vehicles, and public transportation by bus. It is imperative that we collectively find a viable solution for this issue.

Cul‐de‐Sac on Quincy Ave. East of Norfolk & Southern Railroad

Figure 4. Shows the proposed design to terminate traffic along Quincy Ave. east of E. 105th Street.

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Cc: [email protected] Subject: ODOT District 12 Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1:34:06 PM

My name is Tiah Williams and my phone is 216-218-3638. My address is 2204 E.87th street. I know it's no right to uproot the majority to satisfy or to make easy travel for the few. They say I will provide jobs. Jobs for who? Not the families that are being moved. It was said that Cleveland Clinic would not come south of Cedar. What happened? it is shameful the way the "city fathers" allow certain businessess to do the people they were elected to serve..Shame, Shame, Shame!

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Saved Views (1) Yes, from what I see and read about the corridor, there is no direct benefit of the residents in the area. This project will siolate the community and inconvenience those using public transportation. It's a tragedy waiting to happen. ? What about improved housing, roads. Job training for non-existence and/or low paying jobs. Original View (No rules applied) Q5: Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

No enough for the disruption you are causing. Exports ?

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From: Manna House To: McFarland, Amanda Subject: ODOT District 12 Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1:13:23 PM

My name is Jean Williams and I live at 10280 Miles Avenue. My church is at 7510 Woodland. I am a senior citizen and my main mode of transportation is RTA. My bus is the 79th street bus. I travel that route on a daily basis, I do not drive, it is bad enough that they have stopped service on the weekends. Mt.Sinai is my church and on weekdays when there are functions at the church I ride the bus.

Thank you, Jean Williams

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The Opportunity Corridor plans to cul-de-sac the intersection of East 105th Street and Quincy Avenue. This will cut off a major thorougfare for those traveling by foot,car or bike. ODOT should serously reconsider not taking such Saved Views (1) action as closing off this important access route. Traffic Noise will be a problem. Enviornmental issues such as poluttion fromt he emission of fumes from vehicles passing through the neighborhood. Dead ending and closoing ? off East 89th Street. This will force transit dependent people to walk further to access the #10 RTA bus service. Currently therer is no RTA bus service for Woodland Avenue. Closing or dead ending East 89th is unacceptable Original View (No rules applied) forhose who depend on public transportation and the businesses that ser the community. The true beneficiaries of this $331 million project are the commuters who don't live in the neighborhoodss most impacted. The corridor will provide a way for commuters to by-pass the neighborhoods providing no economic impact.

Exports Q5: Please give your thoughts about these measures below. ? Expedited job training programs must coincide with the project's implementation. Training sould begin as soon as possible seeing that the construction will start sometime early 2014. ODOT must provide fair compensation and relocation funds to owners of properties that re in the direct path of the corridor.

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Saved Views (1) Q4: Do you have any comments about the preferred alternative? ? This is another travesty well the black race to bear , how can you justify displacing whole families, blocking streets Original View (No rules applied) taking away businesses for people that been in this community all their lives, just to accommodate outsiders, to be more convenient for them not to drive through our black neighborhoods. you guys are spending 331 million dollars for a project that's gonna really shatter the black community when you should be using some of that money could help me build my gym yes going to enhance our black community. For example The Kuramu house is a black landmark this been there for years you guys want to stop this street right there the street and talking about is 89th. Exports In the 50's and 60's you guys speeded throughout neighborhood and killed are young kids now in the 2000's you taking our neighborhoods from us. This is totally unacceptable I plan on leading the protest. Get ready for a fight. ? Q5: Please give your thoughts about these measures below.

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From: Fred wilson To: McFarland, Amanda Subject: Stop taking our neighborhoods from us Date: Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:30:51 PM

This is another travesty well the black race to bear , how can you justify displacing whole families, blocking streets taking away businesses for people that been in this community all their lives, just to accommodate outsiders, to be more convenient for them not to drive through our black neighborhoods. you guys are spending 331 million dollars for a project that's gonna really shatter the black community when you should be using some of that money could help me build my gym yes going to enhance our black community. For example The Kuramu house is a black landmark this been there for years you guys want to stop this street right there the street and talking about is 89th. In the 50's and 60's you guys speeded throughout neighborhood and killed are young kids now in the 2000's you taking our neighborhoods from us. This is totally unacceptable I plan on leading the protest. Get ready for a fight Watch it and let me know what you think http://vimeo.com/m/41682388

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EHW Statement on Opportunity Corridor Draft EIS

Environmental Health Watch is a non-profit that has been dedicated to addressing urban environmental health issues in Northeast Ohio for over 30 years. EHW participated on the steering committee for the Opportunity Corridor Brownfields Area-Wide Plan. We also helped organize community participation in the preparation of the Area-Wide Plan. We know that a lot of effort has been put into making this project beneficial to the local neighborhoods. We are concerned that the project still has a long way to go before it meets this goal and adequately addresses neighborhood and environmental impacts.

The Environmental Justice Memo for the EIS has determined that there is no feasible corridor alternative which addresses neighborhood transportation needs or avoids disproportionate impacts to low-income and minority populations. It proposes mitigation measures to compensate for these impacts. However, the proposed mitigation measures fall short. Negative impacts of the project on local residents include home seizures and resident displacement, increased noise, and significant impacts on local air quality in an area with high asthma rates and other health disparities.

EHW has specific concerns about air quality. A report by the Center for Community Solutions and Cleveland State University found that in 2008, the Cuyahoga County vs. U.S. prevalence was: ■13% vs. 8% for White children ■24% vs. 17% for African-American children ■24%vs. 8% for Hispanic children. By high school, more than one and five children in Cuyahoga County have been told that they have asthma.

A particulate pollution hotspot study was not done as part of the EIS. The EIS documentation states: “Design year (2020) traffic ranges from the 48,230 average daily traffic (ADT) at the western terminus to 14,640 ADT at the northern terminus. The diesel truck percentage at the west end of the project would be 6.5%, while at the northern terminus the percentage would be 4.5%. Based on these percentages, diesel truck volumes would range from 3,135 per day at the west end to 659 per day at the north end. These volumes, ADT and truck, are below ODOT’s PM2.5 Conformity Process Flow chart criteria of 87,500 ADT and 7,000 diesel trucks. Based upon a review of the project, the FHWA, USEPA, ODOT, and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) have determined that the proposed Opportunity Project improvement project, PID 77333, “is not a project of air quality concern” under 40 CFR 93.123(b)(1).2 Therefore, a hot-spot analysis was not required since the Clean Air Act and 40 CFR 9.116 requirements were met without a hot-spot analysis.” However the correspondence provided has different numbers. The diesel truck percentage in the design year is stated as 11% and the diesel truck volume at 7,050, which is over the stated standard for doing a hotspot study. Since the Brownfields Area Wide Plan calls for build out of the warehousing facilities at year 2039, it is unclear why 2020 was selected as the design year. It is unclear whether the truck numbers include those from the expected economic development which has been attributed to the corridor.

The proposed economic development in conjunction with the project, which is dependent on brownfields cleanup and land consolidation and is independent of the building of the new road (there are plenty of roads in the area already - the economic development plan calls for removing roads) is touted in the EIS as a benefit to residents, however, there are no guarantees that this economic development will have any benefit at all to the local residents. While the proposed economic development is cited as a benefit of the corridor in the EIS, impacts from the economic development, including additional environmental pollution and displacement of residents, are not included in the EIS.

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The EIS did not study the impacts of the corridor on climate change. The corridor is likely to result in increased greenhouse gases due to sprawl and disinvestment in the core city.

The stormwater documents in the EIS suggest but do not guarantee that ODOT will capture much of the stormwater runoff in the project before discharging it. NEORSD requires that stormwater discharge to combined sewers not exceed current levels, but does not have the same requirement for runoff directly into waterways. Runoff has non-point-source pollution impacts even if not impacting combined sewers . These impacts were not analyzed in the EIS. ODOT proposes possibly creating a BMP in the Kingsbury Run Valley to treat runoff before discharging it but this is proposed as an option and not a certainty. ODOT should coordinate and finalize their plans with NEORSD and then present them to the public.

Forty percent of the households in the project area do not have cars and rely on public transportation, walking or bicycling for mobility. In parts of the project area this over half of households do not have access to a car – in the Kinsman neighborhood the figure is 51%. The community involvement in the project has consistently called for adding public transportation components and pedestrian and bicycle facilities. These goals were added to the purpose of the project, but only as evaluation factors, not as core transportation needs. A sidewalk and bike lane along the boulevard are the only non-mitigation features of the project that address these goals. The core purposes of the opportunity corridor remain the same: to connect suburban commuters with University Circle, to facilitate truck transportation and interstate access for cars and trucks in the study area, and to facilitate light manufacturing, distribution, and warehousing facilities by providing improved highway access.

No GCRTA bus service is currently planned along the route, although it may be in the future. For the potential benefit of this project to the neighborhoods to be realized, community transportation needs should be elevated to the same importance as the transportation needs of suburban commuters and future industrial development.

We are concerned that the project does not adequately support the proposed transit oriented development (TOD) in the target area. The Opportunity Corridor roadway is designed for maximum convenience for cars and trucks, and as designed will serve as an obstacle to pedestrians in the proposed TOD area. No funding is being provided to GCRTA for needed renovations to the E79th St. Station, which in danger of being closed. TOD is an important component of the proposed economic development for the target area and needs to be supported by appropriate transportation infrastructure investments.

The future of Cleveland’s neighborhoods ultimately depends on our investment in transit, bicycle facilities, and pedestrian amenities that support urban development, not on highway extensions that support suburban development and sprawl. We are concerned that the EIS did not adequately study the effect the new road will have on encouraging sprawl and disinvestment in the inner city.

The Opportunity Corridor has the potential to have some benefit to the local neighborhoods it impacts, but significant environmental justice and health concerns need to be assessed in full and additional community benefits need to be negotiated.

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Sierra Club public comment on the Opportunity Corridor

The Sierra Club is calling for changes to the Opportunity Corridor project, and stands opposed to the current designs being presented by the Opportunity Corridor Steering Committee and Ohio Department of Transportation. Current plans cut off transportation access for local residents, provide no guarantee of mobility or economic benefits for the most-impacted residents, and do not follow the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Transportation Review Advisory Council policies and procedures. Instead of using its own ‘fix-it first’ approach to system improvements, ODOT has planned for $330 million in new road capacity. As noted among the environmental justice offenses in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, this project would bisect one of Cleveland’s east side neighborhoods that disproportionately transit-dependent, low income, and a supermajority black neighborhood.

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement does not adequately study the overall impacts to the local transit-dependent population, or the 40% of the households in the area without automobile access. For example, impacts to Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority bus routes such as the #10 and 11 go unmentioned in the DEIS. The 10 and 11 would face reroutes due to closure of Quincy after East 105th. These bus routes serve residents in low-income housing at Woodhill Estates (Cuyahoga Metro Housing Authority housing). While transit access may potentially be preserved, cutting off key access for low-income drivers and Eastside drivers is unacceptable. Plans must be reworked to keep Quincy open to Woodhill, and make up for any service lost for residents.

The GCRTA station at East 79th requires upgrades to be in compliance with the American Disabilities Act. While local funding is inadequate to cover this $16 million upgrade, ODOT is able and responsible to keep this station open. TRAC funds may be spent on public transportation within non-attainment areas, and between ODOT’s ‘fix-it first’ policy, reasons of transit-oriented development, and compensating the community for environmental justice offenses, this transit station must remain open. Workers and residents arriving along the Opportunity Corridor must be able to reach East 79th’s Red Line station.

Transit access should not be impeded at any time for this project. Tangibly, this would include both operating dollars for transit for impacted GCRTA routes.

If this project ultimately impedes transit access in favor of a massively expensive and unnecessary road, it amounts to a violation of civil rights. Benefits are conferred largely to suburban commuters and all costs (including local air pollution) going to core neighborhoods. When considering the disparities between these two types of communities, inequities are further highlighted. The impacted neighborhoods are predominantly black, African-American, and often low-income. The communities best served by this project, who would commute on I-90, I-77, and I-71 skew much higher income, predominantly white (e.g. Avon Lake- 95% white, median family income $75k).

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At $100million per mile, we cannot afford to invest precious transportation dollars so inequitably.

The DEIS does not incorporate transportation planning for the system that currently serves the area. The EIS must include a study of current planning to improve safety and service for the intersection of East 55th, Woodland Avenue, and Kinsman Avenue. If this work will be done, it needs to be reflected within the EIS to show what local traffic flow will look like. A true fix-it first policy would direct much-needed maintenance and improvements to East 55th and Woodland (such as in the Woodland Alternative briefly considered for the Opportunity Corridor), but instead ODOT has opted for new capacity. Given that most residents are still unaware of the project, it is worthwhile to extend public comment period as well as hold new public meetings to reopen discussion of the Woodland Alternative. Given the massive investment on this project, and the sudden change in the funding situation, residents have not yet had an adequate opportunity to fully weigh in on the Opportunity Corridor. This work needs to be prioritized by ODOT over the speedy construction Opportunity Corridor, and presented with a much more comprehensive EIS study.

Work on East 55th and Woodland would decrease enough congestion for the service area that plans for the new road would need to be scaled down to reflect demand. With Woodland, Quincy, and Cedar in a state of good repair and providing full service, the Opportunity Corridor should not be more than 4 lanes, and should be more pedestrian friendly in its designs (for example, at East 105th). The price of gas has gone up from $1.10 per gallon since 2002 when the Opportunity Corridor was first conceived to $3.30 per gallon today. With the costs of driving increasing, demand is decreasing every year, and Ohio can ill afford a $100 million per mile road. At such a high cost, the road requires more justification in the DEIS, but never even provides figures for travel time saved for commuters compared to the status quo. This basic justification must be in the EIS.

Transportation is the 2nd largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for 30% of current emissions. Impacts on climate change-causing emissions must be included within the final EIS.

Auto-dependent transportation limits active transportation and recommended daily exercise through walking or cycling, and induces increased rates of asthma (due to pollution), obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Impacts on local health must be included within the final EIS.

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