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Making a Public Comment

Council welcomes public comment before regular council meetings. Fill out the online form below for your chance to make a public comment at the next regular Monday Council meeting.  Please read the revised rules and procedures. 

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The fraud by this administration
Good evening, Council Members,

My name is Jerrell Tyree, representing the Cuyahoga County Republican Party. I am here to raise a serious concern about the harboring of illegal immigrants in CMHA housing and the broader impact on our community.

This is not just a legal issue—it’s a matter of public safety. Corner stores and small businesses in these areas must be thoroughly investigated, as well as the families connected to them, to ensure compliance with the law and to prevent exploitation of our public housing system.

Our residents deserve safe, lawful communities, and public resources should protect citizens, not be misused to shelter individuals who are here illegally. We need accountability, stronger enforcement, and transparency in public housing practices to uphold both the law and the safety of our neighborhoods.

I urge this Council to take immediate action to review policies, enforce compliance with ICE, and ensure that our community’s trust and safety are protected.

Thank you.”
Jerrell Tyree
INDYCAR
Please bring a INDYCAR race to Cleveland. This race will bring millions of dollars to our city!!!!!
Jim Buchanan
Burke Airport Propery
Please do not build a golf course in the redevelopment plans of burke airport. It takes of so much space and will have fertilizer runoff right into the lake, just so a few people in a dying sport to hit a ball around. Theres such better ways to use that space than a stinking golf course. Why not landscape the area like a central park where there's paths with greenery for people to walk through and enjoy the space on the water, but theres paved plazas and areas to recreate and meet up.
John
Mar 25 RTA Rapid Shut down
It is shameful to see that the mayor and the chief of police made the decision tonight to shut down public transit going to the airport (over a tiny protest) and started to check people for IDs and plane tickets in order to be transported to Hopkins. People standing with signs and making speeches is not a threat, and yet you were able to turn around the whole police department in less than 24 hours to treat residents like terrorists, following them in police cars, asking them for their documents, harassing people, and making a huge scene with police vehicles blocking the highways and alarming residents.

Shutting down our public services and surveilling civilians, violating their rights, because you are afraid that ICE will have their feelings hurt by the locals, is undemocratic and unconstitutional.
Heather
Funding for Summer Sprout
What is going on with our Summer Sprout Program and the Ohio State University (OSU) Extension? OSU has partnered with the City of Cleveland for over 40 years . Actually, Cleveland's late Mayor Ralph Perk started the Summer Sprout Program and OSU partnered with the city in 1974. The City of Cleveland provided water waiver for gardens and OSU provided its expertise, horticulture techniques, research based education, soil testing, training, and other valuable resources related to gardening. OSU is the gold standard in agriculture and the cornerstone of urban gardening. However, lately, the City has consistently cut funding for this essential program. It appears that the City is about to allow the Summer Sprout fall by the wayside. Our 138 + gardens grows fresh nutritious foods to share with their families, friends and neighborhoods. Gardens also foster interaction in our neighborhoods, community engagement and beautification of our green space. The Sprout Program helps our community gardens to thrive. We need Summer Sprout to survive!
Janet Nevels
ROAD/STREETS/BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE
We live in DuPont which is street that intersects with Leuer, where a city lot/salt bin sits. The traffic from city employees (with trucks), police (their chases: both BRATENAHL AND CLEVELAND) with residential traffic is HEAVY! We need our road repaired and our street made into a ONE WAY! The majority of the families on our street have CHILDREN! This is a SAFETY concern! Please address!
Five Sankofa
Concerns Regarding Market Saturation and Economic Impact of the Proposed Riverfront Amphitheater
I am writing today as a concerned resident regarding the recently announced plans for a 6,200-seat outdoor amphitheater on the downtown riverfront, to be operated by Live Nation.
​While I support the broader goal of revitalizing Cleveland’s waterfront, I am deeply concerned about the long-term economic implications of this specific project. Cleveland’s music venue market is already robust. The introduction of an additional, large-scale venue risks creating market saturation, which threatens to cannibalize revenue from established, locally-invested venues like Jacobs Pavilion.
​Furthermore, I am concerned about the potential for further monopolization of our local entertainment market. Live Nation’s vertical integration often leaves independent venues at a competitive disadvantage. I respectfully urge your office to commission or require an independent, third-party economic impact study. This study should specifically evaluate whether this new venue will displace existing businesses and whether it promotes a healthy, competitive ecosystem for local music, or merely deepens a corporate monopoly.
​Thank you for your time and for your commitment to the long-term economic health of our city.
Brian Kaczmarski
Request for Economic Impact Review: Proposed Riverfront Amphitheater
​I am writing to express my concerns regarding the proposed 6,200-seat amphitheater project on the downtown riverfront, operated by Live Nation.
​As this project moves through the planning and approval phases, I request that the City Council exercise careful oversight regarding its impact on the existing local music economy. Cleveland’s current venue landscape is already well-served; adding capacity of this scale creates a significant risk of oversaturating the market. This could jeopardize the stability of existing venues that have served our community for years and are vital to our local culture and economy.
​I ask that the Council require a comprehensive, independent economic impact study before any further public subsidies, tax incentives, or zoning variances are granted. Specifically, I would like to see an analysis that addresses:
​The risk of revenue displacement for existing, independently operated music venues.
​The long-term impact of increased market concentration on local competition.
​The potential for a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) to ensure that this project supports, rather than suppresses, the local music ecosystem.
​The goal of our development policy should be to cultivate a diverse and competitive marketplace. I trust the Council will prioritize the health of our local small businesses as you evaluate this proposal.
​Respectfully,
​[Your Name]
[Your Ward/Neighborhood]
Brian Kaczmarski
Food System Stability
I encourage the council to consider utilizing space to develop greater food stability in Cleveland. There are always recommendations for corporate and business development, I argue that we also need to stabilize the local food system. In addition to the prevalence of food deserts, especially on the near East side, the federal budget cuts have led to devastating consequences for local farmers and the food bank. There is a lot of undeveloped land in the greater Cleveland area and I'd like to see some of that land used for cooperative food growth. There is an opportunity to involve existing local farm cooperatives in addition to the Food Bank, the Metroparks, local grocers/retailers, and even an opportunity for education partnerships within the CMSD system. Creating resilient food systems will be paramount to adapting to climate change but also helps insulate the city from policy choices at the federal and state level that have contributed to rising grocery costs that have harmed residents throughout the city. Being able to connect members of this local ecosystem through a city-wide program will help close some of the gaps in our food system and ensure that all Clevelanders can access healthy, locally produced food. It would be good for the economy (job- creation, small business prioritization) an individual well-being. This project would involve a lot of moving parts and would require collaboration, helping to build a Cleveland that empowers citizens to take pride in their neighborhoods and work alongside their neighbors to create lasting, positive change for themselves and their families. It would be no small undertaking, but if we can position ourselves as a climate-resilient city that serves its citizens first we could draw in new residents and create more eco-tourism opportunities, too.
Kat Cade
Traffic Lights Failing Downtown
I live in Rocky River but work downtown. The lights on 9th Street are continuously failing, blinking red or yellow. In the past month this has happened 3 times during rush hour. This is extremely dangerous for drivers and pedestrians. I have called 311 multiple times, and they have had claims already submitted. Whoever is in charge of downtown intersections and traffic lights needs to 1) ensure they are performing preventative maintence to reduce traffic light downtime 2) have a better solution in place than just blinking lights to maintain traffic 3) reduce response time when downtime happens

If these lights keep failing, design a roundabout or something. Its essential to keep pedestrians in mind when deciding on a solution.
Carolyn Rose McEvoy