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Public Meetings Report for the week of September 4, 2024

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, Cleveland Documenters listened in as the City of Cleveland’s Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals reviewed 25 cases addressing Building Code violations, and RTA heard from paratransit riders about their concerns for safety and timeliness. Learn more in this week’s episode.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

• Tucker Handley

• Mildred Seward

• Stesia Swain 

Their work has been compiled this week by Doug Breehl-Pitorak and Dakotah Kennedy. 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: 

• ‘That’s my safety’: Paratransit riders express frustration to RTA Board of Trustees committees, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, August 28, 2024 

Documenters coverage: 

• Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals Notes, August 27, 2024
• Board of Trustees committees, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Notes and Live-Tweets, August 28, 2024. 

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• RTA says ambassadors, social workers provide safer transit rides By Stephanie Casanova 
• Cleveland boots up new, online 311 complaint system By Nick Castele 
• Cuyahoga County cities that ban ‘source of income’ discrimination get few complaints. Here’s how to file one By Dakotah Kennedy 

Recordings: 

• Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals, August 27, 2024
• Board of Trustees and committees, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, August 28, 2024 

Other resources:

• RTA Paratransit Service 
• RTA Customer Experience Survey 2023 results 
• What is the Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals?