Making an In-Person Public Comment at An Upcoming Council Meeting
Council welcomes public comments at each regularly scheduled Monday evening Council meeting.
If you are interested in speaking at a Cleveland City Council, please read the revised rules and procedures for public comments and fill out the online form below.
Submitting a Registration to Speak
Anyone who is interested in addressing Cleveland City Council at a public meeting must register with City Council prior to that meeting.
Registrations may be submitted:
- By using the online form below
- In person at Cleveland City Hall, Room 220, 601 Lakeside Avenue NE. Paper forms are available to register.
- By downloading this form, filling it out, and emailing it to publiccomment@clevelandcitycouncil.gov or dropping it off at Council offices.
Registration Periods
Registrations will ONLY be accepted between Noon on Wednesday and 2:00 pm on the same day as a regularly scheduled Monday evening Council Meeting.
Council allows no more than 10 people to comment at its regularly scheduled Monday night meetings. Registration will close as soon as the first 10 people sign up. Each registrant will be allotted 3 minutes to speak.
Registrations will only be accepted for making comments at the next regular meeting; registrations for any future meeting will not be accepted until the Wednesday before the meeting. Early, incomplete, or false registrations will be rejected.
Notice of Registration
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Accommodations
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Attending Council Meetings
Cleveland City Council meetings are held in the Council Chamber on the second floor of Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue, East.
Visitors may park for free at the upper lot behind City Hall after 5:00 pm on days when Council is meeting.
Public Record
Please remember that all registration information and public comments are public records and can be subject to public record requests.
Decorum
Cleveland City Council must maintain orderly, efficient, and productive meetings to ensure the important business of city government is completed. Council has developed a set of rules and procedures that allow the public to be heard in a fair and orderly manner. These rules and procedures apply to all speakers, and Council does not discriminate based on the speaker's identity or viewpoint or the content of the speech. Please read Council's revised rules and procedures for public comments before you register and before you appear before City Council.
Please note: Anyone attending a Cleveland City Council meeting is prohibited from engaging in any action or behavior that substantially interrupts, delays, or disturbs the due conduct of the proceedings of the Council; such conduct includes but is not limited to: handclapping, stomping of feet, whistling, making other loud noises, yelling, or similar demonstrations. Any person who violates any of the above may be immediately removed from the Council Chamber.
Rules for Speakers
- Speakers may not yield their time to other speakers.
- Speakers shall only address the topic they registered to speak about.
- Speakers' comments shall not be frivolous or repetitive.
- Speakers shall not use language that is obscene or likely to produce imminent unlawful action.
- Speakers shall address all comments to the presiding officer.
Prohibited Items
- Signs, posters, banners, placards, or similar items
- Food and drink
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Written public comments will be published on this page and delivered to all Councilmembers before the next full Council Meeting after they have been submitted.
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Where is the police in the investigation of these crimes? We as citizens cannot afford to replace 3 plus windows in our vehicles and still be able to afford to live within the city
I am writing you in regards to passing Ord. No. 791-2024 which will change the current Pedestrian overlay at 10022 Madison (previously a CVS) and making it legal for a gas station to be constructed at this address.
As a resident of Ward 15 and living very near to this proposed gas station I believe that I as well as other residents should have a voice in the decision that will be brought up on Oct.1, 2024.
Councilman Danny Kelly seems to ignore both the majority of Ward 11 and Ward 15 residents who do not want a gas station on the corner of Madison and West Blvd. Danny Kelly himself does not live in Ward 11. Everyone opposed to the rezoning knows that this is a dangerous intersection for traffic during rush hour and the dropping off and picking up of children for Marion Seltzer School. Anyone living in the immediate area can tell you of what an erroneous decision this would be by making the site a gas station.
A change to the zoning would not only allow the building of a gas station which sells alcohol and tobacco, but could be used to open a strip club if the owners so desired. The amount of accidents will increase because of the cars trying to maneuver in and out of this proposed station onto Madision or West Blvd. Also crime will increase because the walking traffic which seems to generate loitering as well as unsafe conditions, evident at the BP station on Lorain and West Blvd only blocks away.
Keeping the zoning could attract another Drug store, restaurant or grocery store if promoted by Councilman Kelly. Fresh markets or co-ops have been discussed by community members. A gas station was not even considered as feasible or wanted by the community.
There are concerns from parents of children walking past the driveways of a gas station and other possible dangers as they go to and from school. If any of you who have children would stop to take a look at how a gas station would adversely affect the corner of Madison and West Blvd and not enhance it, I believe all of the committee members would unanimously vote against changing the zoning.
Thank you for your time,
Jamie Lee Brazier
I am writing you in regards to passing Ord. No. 791-2024 which will change the current Pedestrian overlay at 10022 Madison (previously a CVS) and making it legal for a gas station to be constructed at this address.
As a resident of Ward 15 and living very near to this proposed gas station I believe that I as well as other residents should have a voice in the decision that will be brought up on Oct.1, 2024.
Councilman Danny Kelly seems to ignore both the majority of Ward 11 and Ward 15 residents who do not want a gas station on the corner of Madison and West Blvd. Danny Kelly himself does not live in Ward 11. Everyone opposed to the rezoning knows that this is a dangerous intersection for traffic during rush hour and the dropping off and picking up of children for Marion Seltzer School. Anyone living in the immediate area can tell you of what an erroneous decision this would be by making the site a gas station.
A change to the zoning would not only allow the building of a gas station which sells alcohol and tobacco, but could be used to open a strip club if the owners so desired. The amount of accidents will increase because of the cars trying to maneuver in and out of this proposed station onto Madision or West Blvd. Also crime will increase because the walking traffic which seems to generate loitering as well as unsafe conditions, evident at the BP station on Lorain and West Blvd only blocks away.
Keeping the zoning could attract another Drug store, restaurant or grocery store if promoted by Councilman Kelly. Fresh markets or co-ops have been discussed by community members. A gas station was not even considered as feasible or wanted by the community.
There are concerns from parents of children walking past the driveways of a gas station and other possible dangers as they go to and from school. If any of you who have children would stop to take a look at how a gas station would adversely affect the corner of Madision and West Blvd and not enhance it, I believe all of the committee members would unanimously vote against changing the zoning.
Thank you for your time,
Jamie Lee Brazier
I am writing you in regards to passing Ord. No. 791-2024 which will change the current Pedestrian overlay at 10022 Madison (previously a CVS) and making it legal for a gas station to be constructed at this address.
As a resident of Ward 15 and living very near to this proposed gas station I believe that I as well as other residents should have a voice in the decision that will be brought up on Oct.1, 2024.
Councilman Danny Kelly seems to ignore both the majority of Ward 11 and Ward 15 residents who do not want a gas station on the corner of Madison and West Blvd. Danny Kelly himself does not live in Ward 11. Everyone opposed to the rezoning knows that this is a dangerous intersection for traffic during rush hour and the dropping off and picking up of children for Marion Seltzer School. Anyone living in the immediate area can tell you of what an erroneous decision this would be by making the site a gas station.
A change to the zoning would not only allow the building of a gas station which sells alcohol and tobacco, but could be used to open a strip club if the owners so desired. The amount of accidents will increase because of the cars trying to maneuver in and out of this proposed station onto Madision or West Blvd. Also crime will increase because the walking traffic which seems to generate loitering as well as unsafe conditions, evident at the BP station on Lorain and West Blvd only blocks away.
Keeping the zoning could attract another Drug store, restaurant or grocery store if promoted by Councilman Kelly. Fresh markets or co-ops have been discussed by community members. A gas station was not even considered as feasible or wanted by the community.
There are concerns from parents of children walking past the driveways of a gas station and other possible in dangers as they go to and from school. If any of you who have children would stop to take a look at how a gas station would adversely affect the corner of Madision and West Blvd and not enhance it, I believe all of the committee members would unanimously vote against changing the zoning.
Thank you for your time,
Jamie Lee Brazier
I am writing you in regards to passing Ord. No. 791-2024 which will change the current Pedestrian overlay at 10022 Madison (previously a CVS) and making it legal for a gas station to be constructed at this address.
As a resident of Ward 15 and living very near to this proposed gas station I believe that I as well as other residents should have a voice in the decision that will be brought up on Oct.1, 2024.
Councilman Danny Kelly seems to ignore both the majority of Ward 11 and Ward 15 residents who do not want a gas station on the corner of Madison and West Blvd. Danny Kelly himself does not live in Ward 11. Everyone opposed to the rezoning knows that this is a dangerous intersection for traffic during rush hour and the dropping off and picking up of children for Marion Seltzer School. Anyone living in the immediate area can tell you of what an erroneous decision this would be by making the site a gas station.
A change to the zoning would not only allow the building of a gas station which sells alcohol and tobacco, but could be used to open a strip club if the owners so desired. The amount of accidents will increase because of the cars trying to maneuver in and out of this proposed station onto Madision or West Blvd. Also crime will increase because the walking traffic which seems to generate loitering as well as unsafe conditions, evident at the BP station on Lorain and West Blvd only blocks away.
Keeping the zoning could attract another Drug store, restaurant or grocery store if promoted by Councilman Kelly. Fresh markets or co-ops have been discussed by community members. A gas station was not even considered as feasible or wanted by the community.
There are concerns from parents of children walking past the driveways of a gas station and other possible in dangers as they go to and from school. If any of you who have children would stop to take a look at how a gas station would adversely affect the corner of Madision and West Blvd and not enhance it, I believe all of the committee members would unanimously vote against changing the zoning.
Thank you for your time,
Jamie Lee Brazier
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