Woo! Heat. Wow. Wow. Heat. Heat. Hey. Good afternoon. Welcome to public comment. Um we have quite a few speakers here today. So I will call three names at a time. As I call your name, please come to the dis. When you're first finished speaking, please exit the the dis. For those of you who haven't spoken before, uh your two minutes will begin. When you start speaking, you'll see a green light. Uh after a minute, you'll hear a beep and you'll see the yellow light. That just means you ha you are halfway through your two minutes. Please don't stop. Keep going until you see the red light. at which point we will need to call uh the next speaker. Uh our first three speakers are Angela Fox, Bishop Sunonny James, Marvin Barnes. All three of you could please come to the DAS. You may have a seat. Okay. Angela Fox, you're first. Welcome. Good afternoon. >> I'm sorry. Um the the mic you don't need to turn the mics on or off. They'll be done automatically for you. Go ahead. >> Good afternoon. My name is Angela Fox. I am here to address a serious concern with the city's inspection process. Properties managed by Second Avenue are required to undergo a municipal inspection before tenants can move in. Yet, I'm aware of multiple cases, including my own, where tenants report major issues within 15 to 30 days of those inspections. These are not new issues. They are long-standing, previously reported problems that were never truly fixed. Instead, they were temporarily addressed, passed, and approved as if they were resolved. What's really bothering me is that a professional mold inspector came out today and could visually see mold and asbestous in my basement, but yet your inspector said it passed an inspection. If new tenants are moving in and reporting the ex same exact issues within weeks, then what are thee inspections actually accomplishing? At what point they become at that point they become an inconvenience for tenants rather than a safeguard that raises serious concerns about the accuracy and accountability of the inspection process. If properties are being cleared for occupancy despite ongoing sanitation, moisture or structural hazards, then the system is failing the people it's meant to protect. I want to be clear that I am here current I am currently in ongoing conversations with Second Avenue regarding a solution. So, I'm not here about them at this time. I am here to put the city on notice. When the property is approved for occupancy and tenants are still exposed to known unresolved conditions, someone needs to be held liable and I intend to pursue this matter fully until there is accountability. >> Thank you very much for coming in. Uh, our next speaker to come to the DAS is Dale Seals. Uh, please come to the das. Our next speaker is Bishop Sunny. Welcome. Greetings and thank you for hearing the voice of the people today. Uh I am very very troubled on this day because we have folk that are hurting and feel that they're suffering without any answers. Today you will hear people that look just like you, think just like you, love just like you, and pray just like you. But today, I need to invoke your advocacy. I need you to show these residents that they matter and that you're listening to them and that you will come to the table. And as we are forming the called into action, there is a call, but all of us are the called into action. And I need you to hear them. Hear their hearts. Let them know that we will get the answers that are needed. The Everest Apartments, over 50 residents receive letters threatening eviction. One of those letters for over $1. All of you are my peers. True enough. But those that are outside of this room now claiming that they're working and telling others, I'm working with Bishop Sunny James to rectify this issue. That is a flatout untrue. If you were to hear that from Jan Michelle Kernney, Scotty Johnson, Mika Owens, Anna Albby, and even Ryan James, then there may be some truth to that, and I would encourage and welcome that. But today, I need your heart and your ears. It's time for action. Whether it's CHA or any other property management, hear these people now because I'm not going away until justice is served. God bless you. >> Thank you, Bishop. Uh Rodney Williams, if you could please come to the das. Welcome Marvin Barnes. >> Mr. Mayor, regarding Rutland Apartments, the tenants are only asking for what you would be demanding as an individual if this happened to you. What grip does this previous property manager have on Cincinnati and CHA? Since we're being intimidated now with eviction, I can only assume that the investigation that people that the people first filed with CPD must be closed. or how can you evict someone during an open investigation and the tenants have been found guilty must get out that will make the entire American legal system corrupt. When five tenants first went to the police station on Ezra charge we was turned away and told it was a civil matter go to your district including the lead detective. The only thing anyone is being transparent about is to say get out because you told on us. I thought you prefer to tell rather than people yell. If the lead detective needs a point of contact for the tenant, I can be that. The office door was closed in a tenant's face by the new manager. She was only asking in a nice way why does she owe this money. If the CEO of CHA can comment on the radio, the least he can do is meet with us face to face. If the building is being sold to Xavier, please advise us, but don't mess up our credit with evictions and old money. I guess the tenants are the ones who broke United State Code section 1346, 666, and 641. Not turning this information over to the FBI immediately also is considered obstruction of justice. Computers should have been confiscated immediately, especially once we discovered violations against Duke Energy, St. Vincent Dep Paul at 513 relief. Now they gave us a letter wanting us to go back to St. Vincent Dep Paul so they can hit another lick. I'm sorry but I won't be a part of that. That's despicable. >> Thank you sir. If we could have Vanessa Jones please come to the das. Dale Seals you're next. >> Yes sir. U I woke up one morning and I seen this knock on my door. it was on the pavement and I thought God was the first until I looked back and uh I think that was kind of wrong, you know. And um touched on y'all should leave our people alone. Find somebody else to kid around with. And I'm sure the people out there who listen to me, if it was somebody that you know or care about, you'd be mad, too. Leave us alone, Touchstone. And it's wrong. Get the man that you hire that that owe you that money. Don't take it out our pockets that we ain't got no money pockets in them in our pockets. So, it's wrong. So, go after the man that you hire touched on right now. Don't wait until next month, until this is too late. get it done right now. Like I said before, if somebody up there on them the mad up there and y'all knew somebody up there and know they pay they rent, you'd be mad, too. Thank you a lot. >> Thank you, sir. Shane White, if you could please come to the dis. Rodney Williams, you're our next speaker. Welcome. speaking on behalf of Rottney Williams with him. He's unable to speak. He says, "I got hit by a car February of 20 March of 2026." February of 2026. While staying on the property, I lost all of my worldly be belongings that they took from me while I was in the nursing home. Wow. as as far as proof that they say that residents owe money and that he owes money, the ledgers that they provide are absolutely incorrect. These seniors pay their rent through a portal that is provided by the management. So, how can you say that Rodney Williams is in default to owe you more than $1,000? Correct. This is not correct. And they knew it wasn't correct when they printed the eviction. Mr. Williams wants to be heard and the matter looked into by people who care. All of his personal belongings were taken from him. He did nothing wrong. He didn't hurt anybody, but he's hurt and he needs your advocacy. Thank you. >> Thank you, M. Mr. Williams. Thank you for sharing your story. Uh Charles Boston, please come to the dis. Uh Vanessa Jones, you're our next speaker. Welcome. >> Hi, my name is Vanessa. >> I'm sorry, Miss Jones. Could we hold for one second? Well, we will give you your full two minutes. Vice Mayor, did you have a question? >> I was just going to say we're going to Mr. Williams and others, we're going to check on this, but my understanding is that um one of our assistant city solicitors, Shannon Price, is checking on this matter, so make sure she has everybody's name and phone number so that um she can understand what's going on here. >> She she she's an attorney for the city. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Um Vanessa Jones, go ahead. >> Okay. Hi, my name is Vanessa Jones. Uh my matter is uh several things. You know, of course, our rent, you know, we pay cash and everything for our uh for the rent and everything. Can't see that anywhere. One time I had mold in my house, you know, in my apartment. And it was in there before I got there. I just been there a year and you know, I had to go through I I called your office. You know, I don't know if you ever got that message. I called your office and I put it on there about um about the bowl being in my apartment and nobody cared because I kept calling seven or eight work orders in for them to get things fixed because I have a lot of respiratory problems and I you know and I can't be around more you know so the lady Christy Stucky they fixed my apartment she told me to go and sit in the community room until they got finished. Took them five days to get finished. Nobody returned my phone calls or anything like that. I said nobody returned my phone call or anything. But uh and another thing issue that I want to know about is my reertification papers. I need them. They sent us a letter saying that they raised our rent but we never got our reertification papers back. So we trying to figure out that you know I went to the manager yesterday asked him. He said he didn't know. We had to wait till the lady came back, but he don't know when the lady is coming and he couldn't give me no answers and but I need those papers, you know, and that's all I need to say. >> Thank you so much. >> Paula Johnson Brown, if you could please come to the dis. Shane White, you're our next speaker. >> Okay. Um, why haven't Dion been arrested yet? Um he's charged with theft. Is he charged with theft in office? Um tampering with records. Um telecommunication fraud, whatever else he doing. Why is his bank record not being subpoenaed? Anything like that? you know, um, you know, I I, you know, as I think about it, stressing me out, this like systemic racism to I mean, I don't know. Call it what you want, but it's not right and it's unfair to us and a lot of a lot of other people ain't even showed up at our building because they're scared. They're scared. Older older older individuals, I understand. But I try to tell them, "Fight, cuz we and if you don't fight, we going to fight for you because you done nothing wrong. You done nothing wrong." Just pisses me off. It pisses me off, you know. Just pisses me off that we have to go through this and nobody's listening to us. you know, just I'm tired of talking about it. >> Thank you, sir. And and thank you for sharing your emotions and your thoughts. I I >> canor assure you that our city solicitor's office, our administration takes these concerns very seriously and we will take action as necessary. >> Mr. Mayor >> Peterson Mingo. Oh, yeah. Mr. Johnson, please. >> Ju just very quickly, I know uh there is an active investigation on Dion Crockett. I don't know if he's been arrested, but I've been reassured that there is an active criminal investigation in place right now on Dion Crockett. I just want to reassure the people. We are listening. We're doing everything we legally can to rectify this situation. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Peterson Mingo, please come to the Das. Our next speaker is Charles Boston. Welcome. >> Good afternoon, Colonel. I was working good. The re-entry program got me apartment out here. Okay. Unfortunately, I had lost my job. Been to three building managers, four different leases, four different prices. I don't have a job. I mean, the office of re-entry I br to him and his job from Cincinnati Works stating that I do not have a job and they helping me. They sent me a termination letter. Talking about owing $315, BUT ON THIS LEDGER, I'VE BEEN PAYING 25 since I lost my job. Now they got me. They trying to put me out talking about owing $315. I don't have a job. CINCINNATI WORKS CALL AND CONTACT THEM. They say they don't have an email. But after they sent this letter, huh? They gave me two emails. Look, I ain't got no money. I ain't got no money, nowhere to go. I'm thinking that place is my home. That's the only place I could afford. HOW YOU GOING TO RAISE it from 25? IF I BRING YOU, IF SOMEBODY SHOW YOU THIS LEGEND, YOU SAY, "THIS is ludicrous. I didn't even move in. They got me moving in June of last year of the 20th. I didn't MOVE IN TO AUGUST THE 26TH ON MY BIRTHDAY CUZ THAT WAS MY PRESENT TO MYSELF. I know Dion. He took my money. He took 500 from me because I thought he was my buddy. He was my counselor in St. Vincent the Paul. >> Thank you, sir. Uh, >> I need I need to talk to somebody. I ain't got no money. >> Thank you, sir. >> Then these people talking about get out. >> Thank you. >> I I appreciate you sharing your story. Uh, the elected officials, the administration is well aware of the criminal acts of Dion. Um, we do not hold you accountable for those criminal acts. We uh hold him accountable. Um, as President Johnson mentioned, there is a criminal investigation into him and we expect and intend for justice to be served as it relates to the his the uh criminal actions that he took that have impacted your rents and rents from other of your residents. We take that very seriously. uh and we will advocate strongly for you to CHA to better understand where these records are coming from whether they are accurate. I hear you saying that they are inaccurate. So, we will confirm that and uh work productively to solve this issue for all of the residents that are negatively impacted because to your point, the residents should not be held accountable for the criminal acts of one bad actor. So, I really appreciate you coming in and sharing your story. >> Thank you, ma'am. >> Onie Everett, welcome. Our next speaker is Pamela Johnson Brow. >> Okay. I have been in the Evston building since 2017. I have been a faithful tenant. Paid my rent every month on time and even early. I This is my first eviction letter saying that I owe $3,416. Okay. I took four money orders and I traced them. Each one has Dion Crockett written on it. Okay. I do not appreciate getting an eviction notice and I've never had one in my life and I do not appreciate this at all. There's been seven managers within the last nine years. Each one of them have told us this is what you pay the next manager this is what you pay and it goes on you don't know what you pay I have three ledgers and the first date that's on my ledger is 2012 I wasn't even in Ohio in 2012 I wasn't even thinking about this is my birth state okay but I wasn't even here. So, how do you charge $284 2012? And I wasn't even here. I don't understand that. I It's But all the managers, you go in the office, they're doing this on the computer. Anybody could put anything in there. Okay. It's It's crazy. Seven managers in nine years. Uh-uh. Something's wrong. very wrong. >> Thank you. >> Stanford Pool, please come to the DAS. Our next Peter speaker speaker is uh Pastor Mingo. Welcome. >> Amen. I'm here on behalf of a young man who's afraid to come. He feels that there'll be retaliation that he'd be out in the cold. I developed a small friendship with him. The building is on Trumble Avenue and on Dana. I live on tremble and that's how I met this young man and there are times when my wife would go shopping for him to get some of the things that he needs but he's afraid of retaliation. He doesn't want to come down. Don't want his name attached to anything. He don't have anywhere to go. His mother's deceased. His father's deceased. He has a sister and right now she's in a nursing home. And so he pulled out a sheet of paper said, "Look, these are the figures. These are the figures." He said, "The individuals in that office said, "These figures do not lie." And he waited for a reply from me. And my reply just so simple. Figures don't lie, but liars figure. Thank you, pastor. Uh, if we could have Amy Bo, I believe it's bene. Our next speaker is Oni Everett. Welcome. >> Thank you for having me. Um, a different subject. Do >> you mind um speaking into the mic? I apologize. >> Thank you for having me. A different subject. Uh, was asked I heard on the news they asked, "What can we do with our youth?" I have a suggestion. When I was a young teen into early adulthood, I played neighborhood softball. So, the community centers, um, I think it would be a good idea to start up softball. Again, it's softer than baseball. Uh it's less stress uh thinking you're going to become a pro and you're not. It's just a neighborhood game and the neighborhood play each other and the kids gather at the park. Even if they're not on the team, kids gathered at the park. We practice from 6:00 to 9:00 Monday through Friday. And that would give the neighborhood kids a place to go. And the neighborhood can play one anothers each week. One on their field and the next one on the other field. And that'll be a place and it still be daylight at 9:00 when the kids burst to go home. And they want to be outside because summer is the season of outside. They want to be at the community center but they don't want to be inside. So if the community center people come out and there's a coaching coach softball girls and boys softball team. I play for Wan Hill Sluggers girls softball team. I think that's a good idea for kids. A place to go. Second is TGI. Chief TG. It's time to call or fold. The neighborhood want the manager to call or fold. If she calls, she's fired and she's going to sue anyway. You're out the money anyway. If she fold, then um morale is down anyway. Then it'll be no morale and you still have to pay her. So, it's time to call her f and we think she's ineffective. She can go. Thank you and have a good day. >> Thank you. Uh if Arthur Harris Senior could please come to the Das. Our next speaker is Stanford Pool. Welcome. >> Let me tell you something. Leadership, you usually can see it. Corruption, you smell it. And the chicken's coming back to roots for Donald Trump and the chicken coming back to roots for this group and what you do. We look at uh you people that said that uh you're going to do a lot of things for us. The first thing you need a audit a full audit for the city from the co all the way back to Biden money and the railroad money be the audit not you picking it because we seen what you did somebody is messing with the money we got $1.6 $6 million, you ain't got no money. You got drug money, you ain't got no money. You gave a company for eight $8 million, snap of the finger, they come in one time and you give them $8 million. You give a small nightclub down there $455,000. I can build three houses for that money and it still ain't fixed up and they don't own nothing and y'all okay it. So you signed it. Our money is our money. You supposed to be a good steward of our tax money. It ain't your money. The same thing that Trump do it think his money. Y'all doing the same thing. And need investigation here for who you gave the money to and what they did with it. This is what you 22. You say you're going to upgrade the fire station. You're firing. You're laying off firefighting police. You say you're going to fix the road. Well, you putting black sawdust in the potholes, selling tan it up with the money and fixing it, right? Well, last 10 or 12 years, you can't even do that. Here you said create A JOB. YOU'RE GETTING RID OF PEOPLE. You're firing the fire chief un unfound, police chief, captain. >> Thank you, sir. Our next uh speaker is or excuse me, if Stefan Prior could please come to the the dis. Our next speaker is Amy Boy. Welcome. >> Uh hello again. >> I am just back to um actually Angela, the prior speaker. I rang the Ring doorbell at her home. It's 4055 Pillow Street. So, um she was our first speaker today. Okay. So, I'm just back here to reiterate um that while I appreciate the city reaching back out, working with legal, um it just seems like there were a couple things missed. Um there's an attic in that house and that wasn't inspected and um we did invite a mold inspector over today. I am going to seek um the money back just because I feel like uh it should have been addressed already. Uh that said, I'm just here to um reiterate the need for um oversight, transparency on the inspections, the process, Vinebrook, uh Second Avenue, all of it. Um, my daughter is now uh has an eviction notice from her Vinebrook uh house. We just moved her out because uh we believe it wasn't a safe space for her and now we have to go through the legal channels, the proper channels to um hopefully uh absolve her of any wrongdoing. Um but that's to be determined. Uh we just felt like Vinebrook hasn't been responding to maintenance requests, refusing to um further investigate issues that do exist on their properties and um just really don't have a sense of concern and compassion for the tenants that live in their property. So I just wanted to follow up, let you know I'm still thinking about it and let you know Angela was here for that same property. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh, Paul Bean, please come to the DIA. Our next speaker is Arthur Harris, Senior. Welcome, sir. >> I'm Mr. Evans. Antron, >> excuse me. >> I'm Antony Evans. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Is Arthur um Harris Senior here? >> Antony M. Evans, Senior. >> That's Anton. >> I'm I'm so sorry. I I see A R T H R Harris Senior >> uh, is our next speaker. Is that person here? He spoke already, didn't he? >> Did he speak already? >> I believe so. >> Okay. I apologize. Um, and what is your name sir? >> Anton Evans. >> Okay, perfect. Uh, Stefon Prior, you're next. >> Oh, oh, I thought he was next. >> Uh, my card has it. Senior. Apparently, Mr. Senior has already spoken. Um, after Paul Bean, uh, Androny M. Evans Jr. will be the next speaker. >> Appreciate you. Appreciate you. Good afternoon everyone in here. Uh I want to read a scripture quick and fast. A fox have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the sons and daughters of most the most high God has nowhere to lay. He is in her head. It's a dag on shame that uh the community got to go through this. Uh they've been down here before trying to find out about pressing charges against crooked Dion Crockett stealing money in Cincinnati. But if we go in Cleveland, up in Cleveland, this is what happened in Cleveland. The CHA property manager charged with multiple felonies in rent theft case. Okay. The housing authority faced felony charges after she was accused of stealing tenants, money, rent payments. Her name is Dominique Clayton. Clayton, 37 years old from Cleveland Heights. She faced charges of theft in office, tampering with records telecommunication fraud, and forgery. Police said Clayton altered CHA residents money order to to to list herself as the payee. That's what Dion did, THEN DEPOSITED the money in her bank account accord using their mobile banking banking app. But the uh the the the police suspended the bank records which they was uh say supported the allegations and Clayton redistrict the tenants rent payment. Police obtained a warrant for Miss Clayton arrest January the 30th and arrest her on Feb February the 13. The court records show in Betavia Ohio. This happened the same way. SO IN CLEVELAND, it's a patterning what's going on about the CHA residents getting eviction notice, STEALING MONEY. IF SHE got arrested, his ass can get arrested too. >> Our next speaker is a or excuse me, our next person to the Das is Adrien Sherman. Our next speaker is Paul Bean. Welcome. >> Okay. How many times I've been down here? You ain't You don't That's all you know is my name. You don't even know why I'm really here. You just stole from me. He said the program wasn't it cost too much money. You said you weren't going to use it. It didn't help save lives. It cost too it cost much money and you're not going to use it. You put $8 million over there on Central Parkway in Century where I had this accident at. I I get no justice for that. But I tell you, I've seen my man. I know my man. What What's really going on? You You say you're sorry. You got a lot to be sorry for. And I gave all of y'all. Didn't I give you a police report? I put it on your desk in front of you and you didn't even follow it. It tells you more than meet the eye. You supposed to be educated. You got you you a lawyer. What the For real. Do your job. See, I I paid my taxes. I did my job here. I I tore up this whole city and most cities working. And you tell me you sorry, you make it up as you go, right? Something wrong. You fix it. You got my project. You have conversation outside this door with me and you make it look like I'm talking to myself. You hear me but you don't hear me. Okay. >> Thank you, sir. Marella Kinsey, uh, please come to the dis. Our next speaker is on Antroni M. Evans, Jr., >> welcome, sir. >> Good afternoon, uh, Mayor Purval. Uh, you weren't here the last time I came. Welcome back. I want to thank you uh Vice Mayor Kernney, her staff and the other committee members for giving us this opportunity. Uh I know how investigations work as far as that is concerned. I just would like to be notified. Just let us know what's going on. We don't know anything. All right. And u special thanks to Vice Mayor Karnney and her staff who helped facilitate my move. I no longer live in the building. I moved out uh on the 4th of this month. I finished the move on the ETH, walked through with Mr. Miles Brown, who said he was told to make sure the apartment was empty, take my keys, and give me nothing else. I didn't sign anything. I didn't receive anything. I still haven't received my mail. Got my mail from over there. And Vice Mayor Karnney and her staff assisted me in moving. I am satisfied with that. However, I just want to be made whole for the items that were stolen out of my apartment while I lived there. They were going in that apartment on Easter Sunday in between my moves. That's how bad I wanted to get out that building. I was moving all day Easter Sunday. Every in between moves, someone was going in there taking things. You know, some of these items I've listed on multiple police reports. The value, as I can say it, cuz some things uh I can't put a value on. I've had them for years. Coins and other gifts. Can't put a monetary value on it. Can't put a monetary value on mental stress, you know, emotional distress, sleep apnoa, depression. Can't put a monetary value on that. So, right now, when I first saw you, I was at 20% mentally and emotionally. Now, I'm at 75%. Can y'all help me get to 100% so I can go back and live my life the way I intended to do before I moved into that building? Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. Uh uh I think this is um Helena Jones. Um please come to the dis. Uh Adrien Sherman, you're our next speaker. >> Good afternoon, members of the city, Cincinnati City Council. My name is Adrien Sherman, also known as Chief Asher Israel, and I am a resident of Cincinnati. I am here to address a matter I have already communicated through formal channels but feel compelled to present publicly. While this is a public forum, I am a private individual and I will share only what is necessary. I am taking a deliberate and private stand in how I address this matter to ensure it is handled with accountability and without unnecessary escalation. I also come from a family with a long-standing history of public service and law enforcement jud the judiciary and community advocacy which is why I deeply value lawful process accountability and public trust. On April 1st, 2026, at approximately 2 to 3 PM, I was standing at a at a parking kiosk in a private lot near the the main library when officers of the Cincinnati public Cincinnati Police Department arrived on bikes. I was not operating a vehicle. I was initially told I was not being addressed, then told later I was under investigation. I provided my name before being placed in handcuffs. Yet I was still arrested for failure to disclose personal information. I was also issued additional citations related to a parking a parked vehicle which I was not given a meaningful opportunity opportunity to review and I refuse to sign under duress. I did not have a warrant or arcapius at the time of arrest. Additionally, during incarceration, I experienced a delay in medical attention of over two hours despite chest pain, back pain, and difficulty walking, which was emotionally and and physically distressing. What concerns me is both the process and the outcome. In my view, this situation escalated unnecessarily and could have been resolved through a limited detention rather than a custodial arrest. This is a personal matter but it also raises a broader broader concerns about procedure and public trust when standards are not followed. >> Thank you sir. Patricia Gilliam please come to the dis. Our next speaker is Marella Kinsey. Welcome >> Marcela. >> Marcella I apologize. Are you Marcela Kinsey? >> Yeah I'm Marcela. >> Go ahead. Um, one of the residents that live in the building had knocked on my door and told me, "Did you have a paper stuck in your door?" And I got the paper out and it said, "Did you have a 30-day notice?" I said, "A 30-day notice for what?" I pay my rent faithfully every month. They go into my account every month and get their rent. I said it's not fair to me or to no one. To me, it's embarrassing and it's very sad that anybody have to face something like this. But God sees it all. Just like one door shut in my face, he will open up a door somewhere else for me. I don't mean no harm. I like the apartment but I am really start feeling uncomfortable even because of Mr. follow in the house and not just with them cuz they end with tough stone too. But when you do wrong, you going to reap what you sow according to what the Bible says. I don't have no more to say, but I will just keep everybody in prayer. But God knows best. >> I don't owe you nothing. But it's wrong to take money from people when you know they really don't owe you. It pays to be fair and honest when you're not able to catch up with you later in life. >> I'm finished. I'm finished. I'm finished. >> Thank you, Marcela. Uh Todd Zinder, please come to the DAS. Our next speaker is Helena Jones. Welcome. >> We need We need Jessica Helina Jones. Y'all need to surrender what y'all did to Miss Jones. City manager closed her cave. When the POLICE PUT A CHOKE HOLD ON MISS JONES, SHE LOST CONSCIOUS and sen found. She lied to her teeth AND I RO TOOK MY BODY CAMERA AND DISCARD AND Y'ALL DIDN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. KIND OF GIVE ME SOME HUSH MONEY. I'LL BE ON DOWN THERE AND file on you. How she in court after pball send man and Iro they looking for they looking for Iro P Ivy the police looking for her after pball YOU KNOW WHERE SHE AT YOU BETTER TURN IT IN CUZ YOU going to be in trouble you wrong after pball you ain't NOTHING ALWAYS COMING UP stuff taking pride money you know wrong you not right A pit ball I don't care for none of y'all ALL Y'ALL SOME CUCKER ALL Y'ALL GOING TO GO TO HELL AND BURN IN HELL. Sydney man, you going to jail CUZ YOU COVER A FAR CASE. I roll too and you too after pball. It ain't over with yet cuz I got somebody going to help me. I GOT A GOOD LAWYER. NO BETTER PLAY AFTER P. I'll see you IN COURT VERY SOON. AND I AIN'T GIVING UP AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE NO HUNCH MONEY. Y'ALL CRAZY AS HELL. Y'ALL ME THE WRONG PERSON CUZ I'M A HERO AND NOT NO ZERO. I'M GOING TO KEEP HOPE ALIVE. I'M GOING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR EVERYBODY. RIGHT. IT DON'T CARE WHAT COLOR WE ARE. WE IN THIS TOGETHER, MY BROTHER AND SISTER. YOU WANT TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF MAN YOU LOOKING FOR YOU TOO. THEY TOLD YOU TO STEP DOWN LAST YEAR WHEN I FILE ON YOU. I F ON CITY MANAGER AND I WROTE ALL Y'ALL DID ME DIRTY. KIND ALL Y'ALL GOING TO BURN TO hell and I ain't giving up. I'M GOING TO GET JEFF. >> THANK YOU. UH, if we could have Susan Lakes please come to the DAS. Our next speaker is Patricia uh Gileiam. >> Hi, my name Trish and I'm tired. I'm tired. I'm 67 years old and I'm retired. I'm retired. Not tired. I had been fighting five, six years with Dion in that building, you know, threatening me, intimidating me, taking my money. They told me to go foul damn charges, lock his ass up. This man riding around in our neighborhood seeing other tenants that he associated with. It's not fair cuz I want to do something between myself. It's not fair, you know. And then they got the new people coming in from Touchstone, ignorant, shutting doors and people damn faces, cutting off lights in the office. Who in the hell does this respect disrespecting our elders? I told them evict me. Evict me. I'm not your child. You don't talk to me any kind of way. BUT THEY NEED TO GET PROFESSIONALS. THIS IS NOT a game to come in the office and conduct something business and utilize and working with people. They're not professional and I'm and I'm pissed. They could put me out. It's not fair. But I'm not going to dis let them respect disrespect my elders either. Other day men was out there working doing yard work. He asked him, "We got public bathrooms." He told the man to go outside and pee. Who does that? I told the man he could use my bathroom. Y'all better get some people in that office over quick who knows what they're doing and know how to deal with these people cuz they ain't right. And they need to get Dion off the godamn streets. and what he did to me. Nobody could never ever this can't be replaced on what he did to me. Nobody never LISTEN TO ME. METROPOLITAN, NOBODY DOWN in the office, CHRISTY STUCKY, GREG JOHNSON, NONE OF THEM. THEY WAS RESIDING WITH DION, but I stood up and I fought for myself. I called downtown to every attorney legal. >> Thank you very much. Thank you. Mrs. Carol Cunningham, please come to the dis. Our next speaker is Todd Zinder. Welcome. >> Good afternoon. Todd Zinder from West Price Hill. You know, I that sounds like a very very terrible situation and I hope there's something that can be done, but I came to talk about the Farmer Music Center a little bit. Uh, somebody mentioned that uh the state of Ohio had given the music center money as well. And on their website, it doesn't say how much, but I was able to determine that in September of 24, the state gave an earmark to the Riverbend 2.0 of $8 million. And it didn't come out of the capital fund like what some of you are planning to do. It came out of a operating fund. And it's called an earmark. It's one of probably seven or eight earmarks that Hamilton County received. But in May of 29 of in May of 25 when the farmer foundation made their contribution uh the business courier uh must have spoken to somebody from MEMI and the business curer reported that MEMI and the CSO this is May of 25 MEMI and CSO expect the remaining funds to come from private private donations. And then it says the cost of the center is up from 118 million when it was first announced in late 2023. Now it's 160 million. That's a 35% cost growth in two years. And I guess I'm wondering what the council really knows about the financial health of that project. It just doesn't there's something that's not definitely not transparent. But I really hope you guys look into this before you give away $8 million that's really needed for another purpose. Thank you. Thank you. Uh if we could have Dempsey De Janeet please come to the DAS. Our next speaker is Susan Lakes. Welcome. >> Thanks for the opportunity. Yeah. A year or so ago, um I agreed to meet a friend at Washington Park. I live in Over the Rine. I think we were going to a concert or an exercise class or something. And the most convenient place to meet, I said, "Just meet me where the street car comes in." So, I was sitting on the little platform and all of the sudden I heard, "Get off the platform." And I didn't think anything about I didn't even know what a platform was and I HEARD GO. OKAY. I looked up. Yes. Get off the platform. So I got off the platform. Okay. Well, now I know that um street car, you have to be riding the street car to um linger on a platform. And that's okay. Fast forward to just about every day of my life. I'm a Kroger shopper and I use religiously the street car platform right across from the courthouse. It's a mess, let me tell you. It's an absolute mess. It's used for um rolling joints um planning something. I'm not sure what. Um, and what baffles me is there police cars going by all the time and they're the sheriffs across the street and no and they're street car drivers but nobody's screaming get off the platform. Um, I went to all the meetings when they were planning the high-speed rail and when they asked for concerns, I religiously wrote down safety of people on the street car platforms. Um, >> I think they're unsafe. >> Thank you, Susan. Um, Mrs. Carol Cunningham, you're our next speaker. >> Uh, good afternoon, Mayor at Capture Law and City Council. uh you uh gave a court order to the bar association to u assign me to an attorney. No one has contacted me and tomorrow I have an eviction notice with property management Jissa Cass Fairstead LLC who has charged me with two felonies I did not commit and I knowingly willingly and um on purpose withheld my rent because I have not been safe. I have been assaulted three times and also from um two employees with Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health. I have one lawsuit for $11,000 that I need the attorney that you were that um the bar association was supposed to give me. I have a hearing tomorrow and uh I have a reinjury for my rotator cuff and I need my $11,000 fee. So, I need an attorney and I have a court date tomorrow at um um the justice center 10 o'clock. No one has contacted me. No attorney, no one. So, I will be there. I can request uh continuation myself, but I need representation and I need need my money released. I filed with the Civil Rights, Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health. I need my money so I can continue my rotator cuff injury out of pocket cost. Um $55 each visit every week. >> Are you finished, Mrs. Cunningham? Yes. >> Thank you so much for coming in. So, uh when will will there >> when when will I get the attorney? >> You'll have to follow up with um the help center or with uh the um the >> bar association. >> I'm supposed to contact them. >> Uh I I'm not in charge of assigning attorneys, but I do know the help center and the bar association provides proono representation >> with someone today. >> Anyone? Excuse me. >> I'd like to speak with someone today because I need help. >> Please. Uh Chaka in the back would would can definitely hear you out. Um if we could have uh Jonathan Norman and Martin Chavez please come to the dis. Our next speaker is Dempsey Dejanette. Welcome. >> Good afternoon or good evening. Um thank y'all for having us out here. I'm also from the Everston building and it's imperative that y'all hear us. This can be your grandma, your granddad, uh your neighbors, anybody. These people are going through what they're going through because nobody took the initiative to step up and say what what is. I think this is bigger than Dion Crocker. I think this is some cover up going on. Never have in history of history have they ever put out 50some pluses uh eviction notice at once. Uh, and I believe the reason why Deion Crockett is not locked up to today because nobody want to tell the truth on these money orders that's been received and has been shown to multiple people. It was more than his name on there. In fact, one of the guys that spoke first went to one of the part I mean the houses of a guy that was on his money order and asked him, "Why is your name on my money order?" And they shut the door in his face. So, I believe there's some cover up being done. And if so, I believe somebody that that really cares about your grandma, your mom, your daughters or sons or grandpa need to take up and say, you know what, let's let's let's really take a look at this and see what's going on. I am the one that owes $1. They say I owe $1. They put an eviction notice on my door for $1. What you woke up the bear and now that I'm woke, I'm letting you know I'm not paying a single red cent, Mr. Johnson. Not a single red. I would rather live in my car before I give you a dollar or a dime. Uh we we suffering over there. There's a lot of stuff that's going on in this building has not been talked about. The black mold, uh out of control rats and stuff like that. I'm I'm the one of guy that walks in the building help out all the seniors inside. Whe they need cooking, cleaning, they trash to go out. I'm there. Um please hear our voices. Please hear our cries. It don't take nothing but some gathering of minds to say we can do something about this. And if you can't do nothing about it, let us let us know so so we can be able to take the steps that's necessary to move forward. It's this is unfair. It's not right. And we just needed people to do the right thing for the right reasons. Thank you, sir. >> Thank you. >> Uh we've got two speakers on Zoom before we get to our our final in-person speakers. Our first speaker is Mike Uhhorn. Welcome, Mike. >> Yes. Hello. Can you hear me? >> Yes. Go ahead, sir. >> Yes. So, I hear we have a lot of people talking about theft and crime today. And of course, that relates right to my issue of I purchased a house in Forest Park, not even in the city of Cincinnati. The water had been turned off for years. And when I called to turn it on, about a week later, I got an automated phone call saying my payment was late for the water I just got turned on. But it wasn't for the water I just turned on. It was actually for water I was being charged for. Well, water service I was being charged for that was turned off when nothing was being provided to me. I keep talk talking about this issue, this theft that has occurred to me per Ohio Revised Code 2913. It is fraud to be charged for receiving absolutely nothing, but nobody's doing anything about it. This is Waterworks. It's the only company I'm aware of in the entire area that charges people for providing absolutely nothing other than just being ready to provide something and people having access to it. Now, I can't even imagine what would happen if every company started following that precedent and we all started receiving bills just like Greater Cincinnati Waterworks charges. Now, nobody has reached out to me. I've tried to contact I've called all of your offices, the city council offices, talked with many of the assistants. Most of them are very rude, hang up. I've even contacted the law department, got screamed and yelled at. I don't understand why when I'm trying to report that I'm a victim of a crime that is being committed against not only me, but anybody. There's many investors that I've spoke with who have the same issue where the water's turned off at the meter, but they receive a bill for nothing, nothing at all, which I would think would deter people from investing in properties and renovating them to improve the city. >> Thank you, Mike. Our next online speaker is Carrie Davis. Welcome, Carrie. >> That's it. Yeah. >> Hello. >> Hey, Carrie. Uh, we can hear you. Go ahead. >> Okay. I'm sorry. Um, to tell you the truth, I'm sitting here ready to cry. um not for my own issue, but what I just witnessed in this meeting is a reflection of the most abhorrent um unresponsiveness to human tragedy. And you all should be ashamed. Ashamed that you're letting these people go through this and you have not assigned a liaison to escort them through something that is beyond their control. So I am first off very disgusted by what I'm seeing. This is a failure tenfold because there's 10 of you who could have stepped in and helped and not a damn one of you did. And it's shameful on my issue. It is the same thing, but it's not as tragic as what I just witnessed. But the unresponsiveness of 10 members elected to represent their community. In 2023, five of you voted to ratify a solid waste plan. Despite me warning you of the pitfalls, even then you guys would not get back with me. You were unresponsive, just like you are to these people going through so much worse. But none of you responded. We had took an agency that you signed on for the plan. Miss Owens, you voted for that plan. So don't tell me in an email that it's not your job. You voted for this plan. At the time you voted for it, we had a $5 million surplus. We are now deficit spending on the plan five of you approved. You are waving $2.5 million a year in revenue coming into this. >> Thank you, Carrie. Uh our final two speakers in person. Um our next speaker is Jonathan Norman. Welcome. I couldn't be here last Wednesday because I was attending a funeral for my uncle. While we were there, my family and I were able to comfort each other, share my uncle's memory, and peacefully lay him to rest. On this very same Wednesday, at a funeral in Lebanon, at least 10 people were killed by the bombs we produce and pay for. On this day, these were not the only victims of our taxes raining down on them. In a matter of 10 minutes, Israel killed more than 300 people in strikes spread across this country. All of which took place after the announcement of a ceasefire. Bombings which have not stopped. More than 2,000 killed, entire towns wiped from the map. On Sunday, an 18-month-old little girl was killed along with several other family members at a funeral for her father. There is no reason that I deserve more to mourn my mourn my loved ones in peace here while this nation is the reason so many are deprived that same basic opportunity. and even worse are forced to join the deceased. We cannot continue to fund and prolong this violence that shreds international laws and human rights. This council spoke out against people killed in Israel, found empathy for their families here. This council spoke out against the invasion and land seizing of Ukraine. This council moved to separate itself from the apartheid South Africa. The precedent you are being asked to uphold is one that is set by you. We're investing in crimes against humanity. We're making deals in bringing the participants of genocide into our communities. How can we claim to be leaders of a better tomorrow if these crimes need to continue for profits to continue as well? In a party where 80% stands against this, we need leaders that prioritize voters over donors. Americans don't need funerals bombed abroad to peacefully attend ours here. Cadians don't need surveillance tech built, tested, and used on Palestinians to be safe in our city. Jewish people don't need rogue genocidal apartheid states to practice their faith. And we don't need to invest in any of this to do our jobs as community leaders. and anyone that would suggest otherwise is actually anti-American, actually anti-Semitic, and actually stands against a more peaceful tomorrow. >> Thank you. Um, and I'm very sorry for your loss. Martin Chavez, welcome. >> Martin Chavez, 250 West Court Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Good afternoon, council members, mayor, and staff. Uh, firstly, I wanted to voice my support for all the good things uh on today's agenda and others that council has been working on. Second, I wanted to touch on item number 15 of the agenda concerning new parking lot and garage permit requirements. Public operators, landlords, big and small, uh, local and regional, met with the Department of Public Services on on two occasions to discuss the proposed changes. We are aligned on the goals of public safety and consumer protection measures. In support of the goals, the industry by and large accepted most of the the department's changes to towing and booting practices, lighting requirements, signage requirements, and pedestrian barriers. We however have made it clear that we oppose new fencing and camera requirements, both of which are large unfunded mandates. Regarding fencing, fencing the perimeter of every lot pushes pedestrians towards the curb cuts, which would actually decrease safety by co-mingling both the pedestrians and the vehicles. Regarding cameras, we've spoken with CPD and they admit that crime is mainly driven by location, season, and time of day. This proposal paints with too broad of a brush. Cameras do little for periphery lots and locations with little nighttime traffic. Cleveland has thousands of cameras. Cincinnati has only a couple hundred downtown. City properties such as on street parking don't have cameras and are not included in this proposal. It's other properties like apartment buildings are similarly excluded. In summary, industry stakeholders are aligned on the goals and have made real concessions. We now need the Department of Public Services to listen to our issues with fencing and cameras. I implore the council to help us find a compromise. Thank you very much for your time. >> Thank you for coming in. >> Yes, thank you. >> That concludes uh the public uh citizens forum. It's now 2:32 and we will immediately begin today's business portion of Cincinnati City Council and the clerk will please call the role. >> Council member Jeff >> here. >> Council member Johnson >> here. >> Vice Mayor Kernney >> here. >> Council member Nolan >> here. Council member Owens >> here. >> Council member Walsh >> here. >> Council member Albby >> here. >> Council member Karing >> here. >> Council member James >> here. Please stand for a moment of silence. And now the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The minutes from the previous meeting will be approved and filed without objection. Hearing none, they'll be approved and filed. Moving to our agenda, our first item uh for our first item, we will now recognize Council Member Owens. recognizing um and expressing the appreciation of the mayor and the council of the city of Cincinnati for Mrs. Shuttlesworth Berser's lifelong legacy of civil rights advocacy and leadership. Council member Owens. >> Thank you, Mayor. I will ask for Miss Ruby to come on up and friends and family that are with her. Are you able? Is this okay? Are you able to stand or you want to sit? What's What's best for you? Okay. All right. And then supporters, friends, family, please come on up. You're welcome to. Sister. So I believe that when you're close to greatness. Um, giving flowers is so important. Uh, today is also a very special day because when we think about the giants whose shoulders we stand on, uh, who did so much for racial, uh, equality in this nation and reminding us that anything is possible when we come together and we fight for what's right. Today is also when Jackie Robinson entered Major League Baseball and broke the color barrier. And so, Cincinnati is no different. in having a significance uh in advancing the cause of civil rights. It was Reverend Dr. Fred Shuddlesworth who was instrument an instrumental figure and a close confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King and he was also a key the an activist who helped to integrate uh and and organize uh around Birmingham, Alabama. And so fighting for desegregation and so that legacy still exists today because it's the daughters of Fred, Dr. Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth who are carrying on that mission. And I want to recognize yes Patric Patricia Shuddlesworth is here here Massenale. Uh but today we are also highlighting Mrs. Ruby Shuttlesworth Bester. Uh it is my honor and I first met Miss Ruby when there were a group of about 40,000 black women who jumped on a call and was excited to also see the first uh the the potential of the first uh Afric uh woman to be president of the United States. And it was that same energy that at a local level uh Miss Ruby Bester showed up and she is a reminder of why we are in halls of government and do the work that we do and systemic change and fighting for a world that is more just and more equitable every single day. Uh you are an unsung hero while you pour into others uh that are doing this work around the community. uh you yourself uh have managed to get unsung heroes together to go down to Birmingham and highlight your your father's work uh and you continue to uh carry the torch. So I'm so grateful to know you uh grateful to know your family and it is with my honor that I will read some of this resolution for you. So recognizing Ruby Frederria Shuttlesworth Bester and expressing the appreciation of the mayor and the council of the city of Cincinnati for Miss Shuttleworth Bester's lifelong legacy of civil rights advocacy and leadership. Uh whereas Ruby Ricky Frederria Shuttlesworth Bester was born on January 7th, 1945 in Mobile, Alabama and the second daughter of Reverend Fred L. Shuttle Shuttlesworth and Miss Ruby K. Shuttlesworth. And whereas between the ages of 11 and 16, Miss Shuttlesworth Bester endured profound injustice during the civil rights movement, including the bombing of her childhood home on Christmas night in 1953, violence against her family for efforts uh to desegregate Phillips High School, and her arrest at age 15 for sitting in front of an interstate bus. And whereas Miss Shuddlesworth Bester overcame these trials, graduating at the age of 16 from ah Parker High School and later earning her master's degree in special education from the University of Cincinnati, after which she served for 30 years as a special educator, including 27 years as department head at Princeton uh junior high school. And whereas Miss Shuttlesworth Bester has traveled extensively to share her experiences in the Birmingham civil rights movement and has spoken at universities including Miami University, Xavier University, and the University of Cincinnati. Whereas Miss Shuddlesworth Bester has also served in faith-based leadership, including as president of the Cincinnati Missionary Baptist District Association Youth Department and as Greater New Light Baptist Church Youth Department Director. And whereas Miss Shuddlesworth Bester is presently completing 89 years, an inclusive look at American history, a work in progress, and remains sorry and remains forever grateful to the many unsung heroes who have supported her journey. Now therefore, be it resolved by the city of Cincinnati, state of Ohio, that the mayor and this council hereby recognizes Miss Ruby Ricky Frederria Shuttlesworth Bester for her lifelong legacy of civil rights advocacy and leadership. We honor you. We appreciate you and thank you for reminding us of the history in order for us to change uh the future. That was very nice. I look on the council and I I see many people that I've known and loved and respected for years. I look at Scotty and I his mother was such a gem because she made older people feel good. Thank you so much, Ma. Thank you, Vice Mayor, Mayor, and all of you that are here. I am very proud to accept this honor, and I'm honored to be here with the young lady that was um oldest, but two years older than me, Pat. She and I were in the car when we were we went to Phillips High School in 19 507. Pat was 14 and I was 12. God has been good to our family. I am going on May 1st to Birmingham, Alabama. This is the third gathering of the civil rights people. I spent the month of March, maybe 15 days, talking to people who had gone to jail in confrontation C. I talked to people who were old enough to be jail but lied to say that they were younger so they could go and stay in the amusement park where they put the babies from the movement. God has been good to our country and it's up to us to be better to keep it right and to help it stay might. But we have to look up to God and do what we have to do. It is an honor to be an American. I was born in Mobile, Alabama, and I thank God for being here a citizen with rights. In 1961, Daddy helped to end segregation in public places. When he in ' 63, he walked the boys Armstrong boys into the to integrate the schools in Greymont. If you can be of service, be in prayer for our country. Be in prayer for our young people. Be in prayer that we can do more than we have been doing. Do not be silent witnesses. Ask what you can do and be known for doing something. Our country needs you and our God is able to help you. Thank you so much, speaker. I appreciate all that you do. If there are people that would like to go to on May 1st to Birmingham, Alabama, there are seats still available. If you'd like to make a donation, we have a 501c3 tax deductible. Tax deductible. You know what I'm talking about. But I thank you. I am truly honored and I see you smiling. I was just amazed to sit here and hear the the the stresses that we have in this city. But you know, together we can do anything because if we cut any of us sitting in this room, if we cut ourselves, we all bleed red. And red really is a matter of the heart. We can do more. So open up your hearts and help our city to be the best that we can be. Thank you so much, city council. I appreciate it. >> All right. Don't move. Don't move. Don't move. >> Thank you, Council Member Owens. Uh, comments from council. Vice Mayor, >> I am first of all, AMA, thank you so much for for bringing um, you know, this beautiful, wonderful icon in our community. Um, you are such a big part of our history. You know, I think about your dad. Um, just fearless. His the house got bombed time after time. He went out there. He was beaten by police officers. He had dogs who, you know, bit him fire hoses. And he never stopped. He stayed fiery. He was a fighter to the very end. And so are you. And it really makes a difference. So whenever we think about or our young people think about, you know, nothing's ever going to change, you know, we're not going to do anything, we have to remember people like Reverend Shuddlesworth. And we know you. And so we know that you all will not let us stop fighting. And justice requires perseverance. And we do not have the luxury of giving up. And you and your family have shown us that time after time. And you are just such a loving, wonderful person. And I'm proud that we have uh a street, two streets in Aendale named after Reverend Shuddlesworth, north and south. And so we are just so proud of you and your family and uh it is just an honor to be in your presence. We love you and thank you. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor, Miss uh President Johnson. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, uh Councilwoman Owens. Um Miss Bester, thank you. Uh Godspeed in all your endeavors. Um, it is amazing the kindness and the compassion you still have for a nation that never appreciated what your father tried to do. It is God that gives us that compassion. It is God that gives us that forgiveness. And everybody needs to take a page from the compassion and the love that you still have for a nation that still needs more prayer than we can even imagine. But you said it, God is well able to do exceeding abundantly beyond anything we can think or imagine. and we thank you and we praise God for the perseverance of your family and you. God bless you, ma'am. Thank you. >> Thank you. Further comments? Uh, Mr. James, >> Miss Shlesworth, just wanted to continue to pile into the the thank yous and congratulations. It's an honor to be able to share time with you. Thank you so much to Council Member Owens for highlighting your successes here. Thank you for staying brave in the face of adversity. I you know I reject the term civil rights era because it insists that the era has passed and we as we all know it certainly has not but um with with the amount that you've faced, the amount that you've overcome um thank you for your service. I I will say that um I I come from a family where my grandmother was one of the OG Black Panthers and it's and she is and she will let you know about it. And I will say that um she was one of the uh people who really ignited this idea of despite adversity that we we need to have community. We need to celebrate black joy and you are such a fantastic steward and advocate for that message and and even using this moment where we're celebrating you to demonstrate being thankful for being a part of the United States and in instructing us lovingly where we can go if we want to continue to give resources and support the movement. Thank you for everything you've done. It's an honor just to share time with you. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Further comments, Mr. Jeff, then Miss Albby. >> Yeah, thank you Miss Owens for bringing this forward. I think it's pretty obvious the the as the years go on uh and we get farther away from the civil rights movement, it's a lot harder for young people to understand it. It seems like ancient history, right? Um and they it doesn't seem like it's today. It's a long time ago. And I think the way that you bring to life stories and that's how I think you have to make it relevant is what are the stories and make it relevant to their life is so important. Uh and so thank you for doing that because I think that makes it a living history. Uh and we need to do more of that. And thank you also for your quote. I wrote it down. Uh it is up to us to be better. I think that is such an inspiration in so many ways for us um as a council and as leaders in the city. So thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Albby. >> Uh thank you. Thank you, council member, for this. I am so in all I don't have a fancy speech because I am just so struck by what you said. Um, we live in scary times today and uh it breaks my heart to to to think about what you and your family put on the line for this country and in some ways it feels like we have fallen back and it is now on all of us, my generation uh and everyone up here to to take us back forward and and put us back uh on the right path. So I really all I want to say is thank you. I I I'm so inspired by your call to action and your call towards for love for love and pride in our nation even during these dark times. So So thank you. I'm just um so in awe and grateful for you and everything you've given to this city, to this country and to the world. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh, seeing no further comments, I will uh add my congratulations and my gratitude um for the legacy that you created and we will all work very hard uh to live up to that legacy. Congratulations. Roll call on passage of the resolution, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. Council member James. >> Yes, >> it passes. >> Congratulations. Um Mrs. Shuddlesworth, if you could Yes, please. Mrs. Shuddlesworth, if you could stay there. Um we're going to briefly recess uh to take a a picture. Um and then we'll be back to finish the rest of the uh agenda. Thank you. I know. back in session. Thank you for your patience. Items 2 through 17 are as indicated. Item 18, we begin with budget finance and governance. It's a motion from council members Kramering, Jeff, Walsh, James, Albby, and Nolan that the law department review chapter 769 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code quote sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts and quote and suggest any changes to protect the law against challenges as a result of Child's versus Salazar. Mr. Kramering Thank you, mayor. In uh 2015, Cincinnati was the first city to burn to ban conversion therapy. It was championed by council member Chris Seielbach. It was uh happened after the death of a transgender teen named Leela Alorn. Uh, you know, since 2015, unfortunately, uh, in this very divided country, attacks against trans people and LGBTQ youth have just increased. That continued with the recent Supreme Court ruling, Childs versus Salazar, which greatly reduced cities and other government entities abilities to ban conversion therapy. Uh, it does not eliminate that entirely. This asked the law department to review our ban, the Supreme Court decision to see what we can do to preserve uh the foundation of the existing law and protect our LGBTQ youth. >> Thank you. Further comments from the co-sponsors. Um >> I'm sorry, I'm not a co-sponsor. Go ahead. >> No problem. Miss Albby, >> thank you. I will keep it short. Thank you to Council Member Kramering for leading this up and and everyone at council for their support. You know, here in Cincinnati, it's always worth uh repeating. Love is love is love. Trans rights are human rights. And I'm proud that this council continues to stand up and do everything we can to uh protect and support our LGBTQ community. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Craraming. Uh you know, one of the things that that um Leela Elorn said in in her suicide note was quote, "My death needs to mean something." And uh I think that's incredibly um pretty incredibly impactful. And I think what we're saying here is look, we can't allow a young person to be told that who they are is something that they need to be fixed. Uh we can't allow young people uh to uh be misunderstood and uh treated somehow differently. Uh, and I think what we're after here is to uh make sure that we remain a city that uh is welcoming and we accept people for who they are. >> Thank you. Any comments from non- co-sponsors? Vice Mayor? >> I would have been had I known. So, yeah. But um but first of all, thank you um Council Member uh Kramering and and all of the sponsors for for doing this really important. the American Medical Association has already um said how dangerous conversion therapy is and so um we have to make sure that our law is in is in goodstead. I also just wanted to mention um because uh Council Member Kramering mentioned Chris Silbach that he will be our keynote speaker at the June 1st Pride flag raising at noon on on city hall steps. I'm sure he'll have something to say about this case. So that will be really interesting to hear. And um also just to let you know that on April 27th at 5:00 p.m. we have the meeting of the first um LGBTQIA uh commission. So thank you. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Mr. Kramerick. >> Yeah, Mayor. I just want to thank Ben Kelly, my aid, for doing a lot of work on this and also he wrote a very powerful op-ed that was uh featured in the Inquir and other uh news outlets. So just wanted to thank him for his work. >> Thank you. Further comments seeing none, roll call on adoption of the motion, please. >> Council member Jeff. Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albi. >> Yes. >> Council member Crarmerding. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Item 19 is a motion from council members Kraming, Nolan, Albby, and Owens that the city administration prepare a fiscal year 2027 recommended general fund budget which respects the following policy guidelines and priorities. Mr. Kramering. >> Yeah. Thank you to first all the citizens that came out and spoke about their budget priorities. Thank you to the departments for their presentations. Thank you for the administration for their work up this far. Thank you to my colleagues and the council aids because the budget priority motion is is always a lot of work. So it was a team effort and shout out to to Vice Chair Nol Nolan who did a lot of work uh getting us across the finish line. Uh so thank you all and uh onward it goes to the city manager and the budget team. >> Mr. Nolan, Ali or Owens, any comments? Anyone else for comments on this item? >> Roll call. >> Oh, >> vice mayor. >> I just wanted, you know, I said a lot uh at budget on on Monday. I just wanted to repeat a few of the reasons that I'm voting no. So, first of all, there's there are a lot of areas of agreement with this with this motion. Um, I agree that we can't cut police, fire, or public services. I agree with the other council members who've said, "Let's look for efficiencies and money left on the table rather than cutting services." Uh, we we just can't sacrifice um the services that we provide for the city. And of course, we do not want to see staff cuts. Um, one of my priorities uh is starting a new citizens committee on youth. Council member Johnson and I in the past, council members Wendell Young and Greg Lansman and also consultant Iris Rowley um you know have worked on this and continue to work on it. Other council members I noticed you put in your priorities uh restarting CCY. So I'm really excited about that. Uh as we've been saying it starts with jobs and so this budget also says uh let's get going with more jobs for youth. And so I'm really encouraged by that and I thank you for that. You know, I wish we had stated uh explicitly uh in this omnibus that we are restarting CCY, but but I know that we are and I know there's a lot of support for it. So, I'm I'm thankful for that. Workforce development is another priority. We have to support more jobs, uh expansion of the building futures program to provide good paying union jobs. Um we need tech jobs, AI jobs, and we also need to support our small businesses. Many are struggling. And so I I uh agree with that as well. Um what what I really cannot support in the omnibus is uh the irresponsible allocation of $8 million to a a new music center when we have a housing crisis. This allocation was made without having a financial analysis of the project, without knowing if the $8 million is gap funding, without knowing why and if $8 million actually is needed. Uh so but we did know that $8 million needs to be spent for funding for more housing, which we critically need. We know that $8 million has to be spent for increased home ownership to repair the damage from red lining and other past government policies. We know that $8 million should be spent for vacant building renovations. We know that $8 million should be spent for home repairs. As council member Ryan has said over and over, this $8 million should be spent for delinquent property tax relief to keep residents in their home. And we know that most of the people who need the services listed above are unlikely to be patrons of the music center. I also agree with council member James that our community councils need more funding. Insurance costs have increased and the balance left to these hardworking volunteers in our neighborhoods is not enough. For example, at a recent OTR community council meeting, there was a discussion on not having enough money to fund a back- toschool fair and not having enough left in the funds for a health fair. And here is the glaring omission in the omnibus that I just cannot stomach and that is community violence intervention. We included in the omnivous motion more funding for wraparound services, act for cincy, hope and shield in our hospital trauma centers and perhaps this new program from Pittsburgh uh called to improve. All of these are great wraparound services are necessary. We have to make connection of resources that attack the root causes of violence. They are necessary, but they are not sufficient. In every city that has shown a a significant reduction in gun violence, the strategy included not only wraparound services, but community violence intervention, CVI. CVI requires the involvement of individuals who are from the neighborhoods that they serve and who have the same lived experience as that small group of individuals who are actively involved in the retaliatory cycle of gun violence. They're often referred to as credible messengers because they are known in the neighborhoods that they serve. It is our duty to make sure that every neighborhood is safe. We continue to ignore gun violence data as we repeat these idiotic false narratives. False narratives such as CVI means paying criminals to stop violent acts. False narratives such as CVI work means outsiders would walk our streets rather than credible messengers who are from our neighborhoods. We cannot eliminate gun violence without having a proven community violence intervention program as part of our strategy. Our police are doing their job. We are not doing ours. Therefore, I cannot support this omnibus motion that misallocates our funds and ignores real priorities for our neighborhoods. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Further comments on this item, Mr. James. >> Hello. I will also be um voting no um on this proposal. I appreciate the constraints we're working under. I think that the budget chair um Mr. Karine as well as the vice chair Evan Nolan have done a fantastic job um and have shown fantastic leadership in gathering all nine of us for this omnibus which I understand is no easy task and I'm sure has been the bane of your existence for the last few days. Um, but as we discussed Monday, uh, I need to see more to move forward to support this proposal. Right now, we are simply not doing enough on affordability to support our increasingly cost spread in residents. This bill references affordability only once and to request the continued funding for affordable housing leverage support fund, which is great. But before residents can even maintain sustainable housing, we have to confront the daily cost of living pressures our residents face. That's utility bills and transportation. and it's simply affording to put food on the table. I believe in growth and I believe in the in the revenue that it drives, but it must be equitable because without safeguards, growth can mean displacement, rising cost, and communities pushed out of the very neighborhoods that we're investing in. That's why I'm calling for a dedicated affordability fund to protect critical efforts like neighborhood councils and ensure residents can stay um in the neighborhoods that they are currently living in and hopefully have the chance to thrive in. I would love to see another iteration of this proposal uh to get to see more elements like support for neighborhood support funds, home repair, investment in the vice mayor's CCY program, um and expanding youth career opportunities broadly. I'm hopeful that we can come back to the table together and with more time to collaborate and put our heads together to come up with a better plan for the people of Cincinnati. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Further comments, M. Uh President Johnson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just very briefly, uh Mr. James and uh the vice mayor basically said it all. Um, perception is reality depending on who's doing the perce perceiving. And it is disappointing for the perception to be that this council wants to see people have fun at a concert venue versus making sure that we are doing what we all campaigned on. making sure that we're increasing housing. The fact that the possibility that over 300 apartments may be in jeopardy because we want to make sure people have a good time at a music venue with $8 million is completely reckless and irresponsible. There's still not been any financial analysis attached to this $8 million. So, what message are we sending? I think that's something we need to think about. Mr. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Mr. Jeff. >> Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. I want to thank the budget chair and vice chair for all of their work on this. This is not an easy thing to heard uh council into uh into a budget priority motion. And I think uh the priorities are right. public safety, public works, uh maximizing the amount that we're spending on roads, uh efficiencies, new revenue sources, all the above. Uh on farmer, uh and I am going to vote for this because I think we need to move it forward. That doesn't mean that I'm in favor because I did vote against farmer. Uh and uh I do think it's important when we come back that it's a separate line item and we identify how we're going to fund it. Uh and then we can vote accordingly. And so I don't this is not the final word on this. And I think in the interest of moving forward and trying to make sure we're pushing the process forward for the manager to develop a a budget, uh I'm very supportive of this. Thank you. >> Thank you. Other comments? >> Seeing none, roll call on adoption of the motion, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> no. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> no. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> no. >> Item 20, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance modifying the provisions of chapter 307 classified compensation schedules of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by ordaining new section 060 of division 5. >> Roll call and suspension, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Kernney, yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Mr. Kramering, >> mayor, this uh ordinance establishes a new title and salary range for specifically for the position of chief of staff for the city manager. >> Further comments? Roll call in passage, please. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kermiting, >> yes. Council member James. >> Yes. Item 21, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the payment of $33,000 to the Railro Pacific Company. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Mr. Crading. >> This is a moral obligation for 600 roll out trash cans for the Department of Public Services. >> Further comments. Roll call on passage. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson? >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens? >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh? >> Yes. >> Council member Albby? >> Yes. >> Council member Clering? >> Yes. >> Council member James? >> Yes. >> Roll call emergency. >> Council member Jeff. Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kitting. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. Item 22. First reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance establishing new capital improvement program project account. Lan FAA 2026 AIP grant. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Mr. Kramering, >> this is a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. It will be used for the removal of an obstruction from taxiway D at runway 7 from Lincoln Airport. The obstruction is a hanger that is no longer used. >> Further comments? >> Roll call on passage, please. Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramerine, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Roll call in emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. Council member James. >> Yes. >> Item 23, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance authorizing the city manager to apply for a grant awarded by the Ohio Department of Transportation safe routes to school program. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney? >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan? >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kering. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kitting. I'll defer to my colleague, Council Member Albby. >> Miss Albby, >> thank you so much. Uh, so this is um an we're basically the city's going to be applying uh for funding from the state for safe routes to school and uh specifically this one will be in OTR and West End, but I I want to highlight and lift up this issue. Uh this has been a big pedestrian safety has been a big topic this week. uh we talked about it in our joint meeting with CPS uh and the uh climate and infrastructure and safe services uh committee also talked about it. It is especially timely uh for me on a personal level is because this weekend I received a call from a friend whose 17-year-old was hit by a car uh nearby Sharter High School in Madisonville. Uh the students okay, but it really just highlights how urgent this need is. We've had students from West High come in here into this chambers and talk about being hit by cars, you know, whether it's a bump, their backpack being knocked as they go to class and having to spend the rest of the day learning somehow knowing that they almost just died. So, I'm so grateful to the administration for continuing to prioritize this. I'm grateful to council and look forward to continuing to work uh with Department of Transportation, with the state, with the federal government, with CPS, whoever we can to make sure our kids are safe going to and from schools. Thank you. >> Thank you. Further comments. Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Roll call emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Item 24, first reading, please. >> E version of an ordinance establishing new capital improvement program project account at Duck Creek sidewalk phase 2. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Mr. Kmaning, >> I'll defer to my colleague, Council Member Jeff. >> Mr. Jeff, >> thank you uh Mr. Mayor. So, this is uh similar to the last item. Uh this is an ODOT uh infrastructure uh grant for Duck Creek uh basically from Evston to Dana, if you recall three years ago or so, uh Beverly Kiny, she was an 87y old woman, uh was struck by a bus on the corner there. Uh and so this intersection and that whole area is in great need of improvement uh in terms of sidewalks and pedestrian safety. Uh we did to the uh uh point uh of the presentation yesterday in CI or whatever the acronym is now. Um the uh we have made tremendous progress 48% reduction in speeding when we have these kind of interventions. So, we know that this works uh in saving lives and so this is more of the same. >> Thank you. Further comments. Roll call and pass, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member King, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Item 25, first reading, please. An emergency ordinance declaring that Desert Charles Drive at Central Avenue in the West End neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary secondary name of Coach Mark Mitchell Way. Roll >> call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> We're now in housing and growth. Mr. Jeff, >> yeah. Items 25, 26, 27, and 28 are all street renamings. I will let the and it's from the vice mayor. The first three and then council member Johnson on the fourth. I'll let the vice mayor introduce uh all of these and Mr. Johnson his >> wonderful vice mayor. >> All right. Thank you. So um as you heard Ezra Charles Drive at Central Avenue in West End will, uh receive the honorary secondary name of Coach Mark Mitchell Wei. Just want to point out that for all of the honorary street namings, uh, the city councils in those neighborhoods have voted and approved them. Uh, so, coach March Mark Mitchell is a legendary figure in Cincinnati basketball. He is a graduate of Princeton High School, class of 1985, and he was a standout football player. Coach Mark Mitchell uh, continued his athletic career at Eastern Kentucky University and earned a professional tryyout with the Detroit Lions. Uh he uh began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Wintonwoods High School back in 2001. And in 2002, uh coach Mark Mitchell was named head boys basketball coach at Taft High School. And he immediately revitalized the program that had experienced 10 consecutive losing seasons. and the coach led the Senators in his first season to a 22-3 record and the 2003 Cincinnati City Championship. During his 11 seasons as head coach at Taft High School from 2002 to 2013, Coach Mark Mitchell achieved 221 career victories, the most in school history. He captured eight Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conferences uh championships, nine sectional titles, four district titles, and the division 3 state championship during the 2010 2011 season with a 25 to1 record. Following his tenure at Taft High School, he coached at Western Hills High School. He was assistant coach with with the Ohio State University women's basketball program and he led Wilburforce University as head men's basketball coach for four seasons. Uh we lost coach uh March Mitchell in 2024, but his contributions and service in the sport of basketball and his impact on the Cincinnati community will long be remembered. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Um, item 24, excuse me, 25 is before us. Um, roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> We'll call an emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Yes. Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Item 26, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance declaring that Fernside Place at Blair Avenue in the Evston neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary secondary name of Anzora Atkins Way. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kitting, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor, >> thank you. And I should have mentioned for uh Coach Mark Mitchell that that request was brought to us by Chris Griffin, who is the immediate past president of the West End Community Council. Uh this uh this particular um request for a secondary honorary street naming for Enzora Atkins was brought to us by Antonio Sanders. And so um those who know and that's about everybody in the city but definitely in Evston know Enzora Atkins. Uh she is a wellrespected community leader and advocate and organizer. Uh she served as president of the Evston Community Council for years. uh whenever you went through Evston, you saw her out there working, whether she was planting flowers or picking up trash or having some kind of meeting or or organizing some kind of event. Um she was out there advocating for small businesses, uh creating many opportunities for young people, uh focusing on improving public safety, and so much more. And so, um having a street with her name means so much. We're giving her her flowers now and I'm sure she will be there to accept them. We just love her so much and she's done a lot for Evston and is just a great role model. So, um, we thank Antonio Sanders for bringing this to us and for the community of Evston for voting for this secondary honorary street naming. >> Thank you. Uh, further comments? Roll call on passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. Yes. Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kitting, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Roll call emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Item 27, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance declaring that Montgomery Road at the intersection with Blair Street in the Evston neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary secondary name of Darnell Mansor Way. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> Council Member Kane, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Vice Mayor. >> Thank you. Uh so, so Officer uh Darnell Mansour uh was actually Council Member Johnson's mentor. So, I'm going to say a few words about him and then turn it over to Council Member Johnson if that's okay. Um uh Officer Darnell Mansour joined the city of Cincinnati Police Department in 1980. Uh he was a devout Muslim and family man and showed compassion in everything he did. He was known for his professionalism integrity and compassion. Uh he was of course dedicated to crime prevention. He was known for his outgoing and congenial personality, especially working with troubled individuals that needed a guiding and helping hand. He tragically lost his life while off duty in April 1993. And one of the stories that I've heard about him that I just love, uh, one young lady was saying when when officer Mansour would come to arrest somebody, he would first sit down and talk to them about how they needed to to change their lives and and and you know, all of that just really to inspire them to make better choices. And this one young lady said, you know, when he came for her, she said, "Don't even talk to me. Just arrest me. I don't want to hear all of that." but he did sit down with her and make her listen. And I just thought that was a really really powerful story. Uh so I'm I'm just really uh excited that we're going to have this honorary street naming after someone uh who served our city so well and who was really loved by the community he served and by the city of Cincinnati. Um but I'd like to ask um if it's okay, Council Member Johnson, to to speak about him. >> President Johnson, please. >> Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Vice Mayor. I I'll be brief. Um the vice mayor said it all. Um Darnell, one of my many mentors at when I came on the police department was a man that as she said, you can make a radio run with Darnell and it could be a simple this guy has a outstanding warrant on him. And Darnell actually would take the time to explain to these most of the time it was men how they needed to straighten up for their families. and if you're in jail, how are you going to be able to feed your families? And this is just something he did on a regular routine. Uh a I think he was like a fourthderee black belt. Uh a man that was extremely disciplined and a man that was well respected in the Cincinnati Police Department as well as the communities he served. Um he um he gave me this nickname. They called me Smiley. And um he was just a a guy that was dedicated and when he took you under his wing, he made sure that you were doing the job the right way. And as the vice mayor alluded to, excuse me, you can arrest with compassion. You can police with a heart. And that's what Darnell Mansour represented. Represented. He was one of those guys, one in a million. and I was honored that he saw something in me to pull me up under his wing. So, thank you very much, >> you President Johnson. Further comments? >> Roll call on passage of item 27, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Item 28, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance declaring that Matthysse Street at Madison Road in the Madisonville neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary secondary name of Barnes Brothers Way. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff. Yes. >> Council member Johnson. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney. >> Yes. >> Council member Nolan. >> Yes. >> Council member Owens. >> Yes. >> Council member Walsh. >> Yes. >> Council member Albby. >> Yes. >> Council member Kering. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> President Johnson. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, Barnes Brothers Barber Shop has been in the city of Cincinnati for over 60 years. I think the first opening was in Ma in I'm sorry, Aendale, but they're now located in Madisonville. And anybody knows the barberh shop can be a therapy. It's I call it street therapy really for for young men. And in Barnes Barberhop, if you were out of line and Mr. one of the Barnes brothers knew you were out of line or you weren't doing what you were supposed to do in school and things of that nature, they had no problem playing uncle right there on the spot. And if you came back and you were still out of line, you may not get your haircut because there was a way that they demanded their even the their um even the people that came to get a haircut, especially as us youngsters were were going to conduct themselves. So, it is an honor to bring this before this council. Uh, I believe most small businesses in less than what, five years, they go under, but Barnes Brothers has been there for over 60. They have now moved across the street on Madison Road, so they're still going strong. Um, at when we went to the Madisonville Community Council, it was 33 to nothing vote. So, the Madisonville community is extremely happy to do this and with the support of my colleagues, we will be honored to uh do this secondary street naming. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Further comments, Miss Elby. >> Thank you. I just want to thank Council Member Johnson for doing this for the Madisonville community and really recognizing a neighborhood institution and I'm excited to to celebrate when we we unveil the uh sign. So, thank you so much. >> Thank you. Further comments? Roll call and passage of item 28, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> We'll call an emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. Council member Creme. >> Yes. >> Council member James. >> Yes. >> Item 29, first reading, please. >> An emergency ordinance approving and authorizing the city manager to execute a property sale and development agreement with Plant Press Properties LLC. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah, this is a vacant uh piece of property on Boyd Street in North Side and uh it's owned by the city. We are selling it for fair market value, $34,000 to uh this plant press properties. Uh they're going to develop a duplex uh two two-bedroom uh apartments uh and the rent's going to be about 750 to 850. So very affordable uh exciting development. >> Thank you. Further comments, Mr. Kramer. >> Hey, mayor. I talked about this item with director Rudd and I think it's important and this item is just on our agenda because of the real estate transfer. We talk about more housing. If we can start doing infill like this in neighborhoods with no city subsidy, I I mean that would be a tremendous change in the market and be a a strong sign that we're in a position to bring more and more units online. So, I hope that this is a uh trend. Thank >> you. Further comments? Roll call on passage please. >> Council member Jeff. >> Yes. Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> Roll call on emergency. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kring, >> yes. Council member James. >> Yes. >> Item 30, first reading, please. >> An ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a lease with East End Area Council and Ohio not for profofit corporation. >> Roll call and suspension. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albby, >> yes. >> Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. Mr. Jeff. >> Yeah, this is another vacant piece of city property in the East End. Uh the city is going to lease it to the East End Area Council uh for a year and then they could renew it. Uh they want to do a community garden. Further comments? >> Roll call and passage, please. >> Council member Jeff, >> yes. >> Council member Johnson, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Kernney, >> yes. >> Council member Nolan, >> yes. >> Council member Owens, >> yes. >> Council member Walsh, >> yes. >> Council member Albi, >> yes. Council member Kramering, >> yes. >> Council member James, >> yes. >> That concludes the business portion of our agenda. City Manager Long, any announcements or anyone from the administration? >> Seeing none, announcements from council. Seeing Oh, Mr. Nolan. >> Sorry, I just wanted to wish my wife a happy birthday. Look forward to celebrating with the family later. >> Further announcements. Okay, meeting. Thanks, guys.