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Public Meetings Report for the week of August 12, 2024

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, Cleveland Documenters sat in on literal and figurative storms as tornadoes and other damaging weather raged through Cleveland last week, and City Council reimburses the Cleveland Browns $3.8M for stadium repairs amidst a possible Browns move to Brook Park. Learn more in this week’s episode.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

• Bilal Hakim, 

• Carolyn Cooper

• Tina Scott 

Their work has been compiled this week by Doug Breehl-Pitorak. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell. 

The Public Meetings Report is produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station. 

Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs: 

• Cleveland to reimburse Browns for $3.8 million in ‘emergency repairs’ to stadium, Committee of the Whole, Cleveland City Council, August 7, 2024.
• Tackling ‘zombie properties’: A $50 million push to bring jobs to Cleveland, Committee of the Whole, Cleveland City Council, August 7, 2024.

Documenters coverage: 

• Committee of the Whole [Morning Session], Cleveland City Council, Notes[1], and Notes [2], August 7, 2024
• Committee of the Whole [Afternoon Session], Cleveland City Council, Notes[1], and Notes [2], August 7, 2024

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• Cleveland asks residents and business owners to fill out storm damage survey By Signal Cleveland
• ‘This dog doesn’t hunt,’ says Cuyahoga County executive about Browns’ Brook Park plan By Mark Naymik 
• Cuyahoga County leaders say no to a new Browns stadium in Brook Park By Nick Castele 
• The Brook Park Browns Stadium proposal would require taxpayers to pay how much? (quiz) By Camille Renner 
• Reading between the lines of the Browns’ Brook Park domed stadium plans By Nick Castele 
• Cleveland’s bill for Browns Stadium capital repairs: $28 million over last decade By Nick Castele 

Legislation:

• Browns’ reimbursement (Ordinance No. 646-2024)
• Rec center security contract extension (Ordinance No. 855-2024)

Recordings: 

• Committee of the Whole [Morning Session], Cleveland City Council, August 7, 2024
• Committee of the Whole [Afternoon Session], Cleveland City Council, August 7, 2024
• Cleveland City Council, August 7, 2024. 

Other resources:

• What is a RFP?