2026-09-30 - City Commission

00:05The Dayton City Commission will now come

00:07to order.

00:10Uh would you please please ride rise for

00:12the invocation and remain standing for

00:14the pledge of allegiance. Um

00:16Commissioner Fairch Fairchild will give

00:18the invocation this afternoon.

00:20>> Oh gracious one, the changing in the

00:24season reminds us that change can be

00:26beautiful. Open us up to your leadings

00:29in those places where we need to stand

00:31strong, be our strength, and in those

00:34places where we need to yield and

00:36change, give us the courage to do so.

00:39Amen.

00:44>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

00:46United States of America and to the

00:48republic for which it stands, one nation

00:51under God, indivisible, with liberty and

00:54justice for all.

00:59All right. Well, the mayor is just

01:00running just a couple minutes late.

01:02She'll be here in just a second, but we

01:03will continue. Um, Miss McClendon, may

01:07we have the roll call?

01:09>> Mayor Turner Sloths, Commissioners

01:12Joseph, Shaw,

01:14>> I,

01:14>> Barild,

01:15>> I,

01:16>> Beckham.

01:16>> Hi.

01:18>> Um, may may I have a motion to excuse

01:20the absence of Commissioner Joseph? He's

01:22away uh doing some city business down in

01:24Greenwood, South Carolina. And um so

01:27could I have a motion for this?

01:28>> So moved. Second a motion.

01:33>> It has been properly moved and seconded

01:34to excuse the absence of Commissioner

01:36Joseph. All in favor say I.

01:38>> I.

01:39>> All oppose say no.

01:42>> All right. May I have a motion to

01:43approve the minutes of the September

01:4523rd, 2026 meeting?

01:47>> So moved. Second the motion.

01:49>> All right. It's been properly moved and

01:51seconded uh to approve the minutes of

01:53the September 23rd meeting. All in favor

01:56say I.

01:56>> I. I.

01:57>> All oppose? No.

02:00>> Miss McClendon, are there any

02:01communications or petitions?

02:03>> There are none, your honor. Right.

02:07Uh we have presentation monthly

02:08demolition update. Uh James McDaniel.

02:26All right. James McDaniel, division

02:29manager, housing inspection. Good

02:31evening, everyone. Evening,

02:33commissioners, clerk, city manager.

02:36All right. Um the date and recovery plan

02:38demolition monthly update.

02:48All right.

02:52So for the uh month of August. All

02:55right. So the total plan demolition for

02:57the month of August um currently we're

03:00at 1,168.

03:04Uh the balance of planned demolition

03:07334.

03:09The total demolition is 2026.

03:12Um as far as structures uh 151

03:17um for August we have 12. So right now

03:20we're at 45% of our 2026 uh demolitions

03:25uh 67% through the year. So, um, for the

03:30month of August, eight of those, uh,

03:31demolitions were, um, ARPA and two from,

03:35uh, general fund and we had two CDBG

03:48total pals. So pals removed for August.

03:51We have eight pals added in August. One

03:54um eight fire pals of fire damaged

03:57structures were in the uh Santa Clair uh

04:00neighborhood. So total pals for the

04:03month end of August 2026 30.

04:09And this is just showing um where that

04:12uh um we had an emergency demo uh 312

04:17East uh 2nd Street in the Springfield

04:19area.

04:26So, the 12 demolitions, we had uh one in

04:28Roosevelt. Um we had 10 in the Santa CL

04:32area and uh Westwood. One in Westwood.

04:41This is just an overview. Um

04:44so we have a total of 27 um

04:48neighborhoods where we had uh

04:50demolitions this year for 2026 and you

04:53can see where the highest concentration

04:56is right there in the um uh southern uh

04:59Dayton View area and then Santa Clara uh

05:02follow 29 and uh so forth.

05:11So, as far as um as far as August for

05:15the um structures added to the uh

05:18nuisance list, uh you see that we added

05:20uh 22.

05:27So those 22 15 were houses, four

05:30garages, um three commercials, um 20 was

05:35because of blight and we had two because

05:37of fires.

05:44As far as the pipeline's concerned, we

05:46had um 145 um title reports basically

05:51initiating getting the process started.

05:54Uh we have three asbesus surveys and

05:57post asbestous uh inspection 17.

06:05So this is uh 33 West Hudson. Uh you can

06:09see before the after and basically like

06:13a aerial of that uh location there.

06:20and 31 and 33. Victor,

06:29right here we have 41 Santa Clair. Um,

06:36move on down here. Uh, so 68 West

06:40Fairview and we also have um on next

06:43slide you'll see 70 West Fairview. Both

06:45of those are close to EJ Brown um by the

06:48school.

06:51So the area view you can see the um the

06:54white portion up there that's the uh

06:56that's the school area. So

07:03go back one.

07:15There we go.

07:22Yep.

07:33All right.

07:39Thank you.

07:40All right. So um so right now uh where

07:44we uh where we're standing right now as

07:46far as August concerned uh 92 of the 120

07:50ARPA funded demos um we have 52 of the

07:547075 OLD funded demos. Um four of the

07:586080 uh CDBG funded demos uh three of

08:01the general fund. Um so right now we

08:06have 54 months completed uh 4 months uh

08:09remaining. Even though it was a little

08:11uh slow for August for us, uh September

08:14did pick up quite a bit. So you'll see

08:16those numbers uh next month. If you have

08:18any questions,

08:21>> Commissioner Beckham.

08:23>> Thank you, Mr. McDaniel. I know you're

08:25covering for uh Mr. Gondell, so I I

08:27appreciate it. I did note the um the 22

08:31properties that were added to our

08:32nuisance list um in August.

08:36I'm aware right of our our annual

08:38housing um survey, right, which of

08:41course is kind of the citywide um uh the

08:45citywide kind of evaluation of where we

08:47are. But I'm curious in terms of these

08:49monthto-month additions to the nuisance

08:52list. I'd love to know uh the the path

08:56by which those properties are being

08:58added. Are they complaints? Is it is it

09:01still a matter of housing inspectors

09:02going out? I'm just trying to get a

09:04sense of what's prompting the new um

09:07additions to the nuisance list.

09:10>> So,

09:12just recently for like the month of uh I

09:14know we're talking about August, but for

09:16the month of September, a good example

09:17would be some of the trees from the

09:19storms that we've had.

09:20>> Okay. We've had some trees fall, um

09:23demolish a couple of garages, um take

09:26out a few cars. I know we're talking

09:27about structures, but we did have a lot

09:29of um wind damage. And then, uh some of

09:32them are fire related.

09:33>> Okay.

09:34>> So, um and and just very like neglect.

09:38Some are due to neglect. So, we we've

09:41had a couple of houses that actually

09:42collapsed because of the uh strong winds

09:45and whatnot, and they're already

09:46deteriorating.

09:48>> Okay. It sounds like a matter of fire

09:50piles and weather.

09:52>> That's correct.

09:53>> Okay. Just wanted to make sure. Thank

09:54you. Those are all my questions.

09:55>> Commissioner.

09:56>> Yeah. Um could you go back to the slide

09:59that um shows the pipeline? I want to

10:02make sure I read it right.

10:16>> I'm sorry, Commissioner. you the

10:18pipeline to

10:18>> the pipeline numbers,

10:21>> title searches. Oh,

10:23>> okay.

10:23>> Yeah.

10:23>> Um,

10:24>> sorry.

10:25>> Asbestous.

10:28I pass it up.

10:29>> There we go.

10:30>> All right.

10:32>> So, it looks like we've done the 145 got

10:36us complete in terms of all the title

10:39reports.

10:41So, that's very encouraging.

10:44We got some work to do in the other

10:46areas, but

10:49so I just wanted to I appreciate that

10:51that work's been done. So, thank you.

10:53>> You're welcome.

10:54>> Yeah. And thank you for the update.

10:56>> You're welcome. Yeah. Thank you for the

10:58update. Also, I I wanted to go to that

11:00page, too. So, title report, how long

11:01does it take to get a title report

11:04cleared from start to finish? generally.

11:07>> So, we have uh we have a couple of title

11:10companies and it normally takes about 3

11:12to 4 months. Uh sometimes a little bit

11:15sooner, but it's about 3 or 4 months.

11:17>> Okay.

11:17>> And then if we have um if the ownership

11:19changes hands, then that's that's going

11:22to take a little bit longer. And I

11:24>> start the process all over again.

11:26>> It does cuz then we have to uh

11:28communicate with the new owners and send

11:30out new paperwork and and get um mail

11:34service. um try to perfect our service

11:36again to notify those owners.

11:39>> Okay, good to know. Yeah, that's all I

11:40had and thank you for the report.

11:42Appreciate it.

11:42>> You're welcome.

11:45>> Okay. Um Miss McClennon, are there any

11:48additions, deletions, or comments to the

11:50calendar?

11:51>> There are none, your honor.

11:52>> Uh Miss Dixon, are there any additions,

11:54deletions, or comments to the calendar?

11:56Your

11:56>> honor, I have no additions or deletions

11:59to this evening's calendar. I have one

12:01item to comment on and that is item B4

12:05which is an award of contract with

12:07Archon Builders Limited. This is splash

12:11pad renovations. We are have a total of

12:14eight splash pads that will be impacted.

12:17We are renovating and modernizing

12:21um six existing splash pads. We are

12:26moving relocating a splash pad at

12:30Washington Park um so that it is in a um

12:35better position in that park. it's not

12:38um hidden by a a storage facility and

12:44because it's experiencing some vandalism

12:47and so we're moving it to closer to the

12:51neighbors and making it more visible so

12:55that it will be um easier to get to and

12:58have more public eyes around it when it

13:01um is operating. And we are adding one

13:04new splash pad in Belmont near in

13:07Belmont Park near the Laurai Rec Center.

13:10You will probably recall in the master

13:13plan with Wreck and Parks there one some

13:16of their work was to evaluate where we

13:20would invest new in new splash pads and

13:25they provided a prioritized list of

13:28those locations based on a number of

13:30factors. some of which are where our

13:33existing ones occur or are located right

13:35now and making sure that we are

13:37equitably distributing those. And this

13:39Belmont site was the number one

13:42recommended priority to and it helps

13:45bring another park into the um into East

13:50Dayton to make it a little bit more

13:52equitable with regards to our

13:53distribution of Splash Parks.

13:56Uh we this is a rebid. We we did a first

14:00bid on this um that came um over budget

14:05by about $2 million. We re we rebid it

14:09um not as a PLA this time. Um it doesn't

14:13really fit the original spirit and

14:16intent of our PLA. Our PLA is about

14:19city-owned facilities, you know,

14:21structures that are more complex in

14:24their construction, right? A lot of the

14:28um splash park is underground

14:30infrastructure. It's like utility work

14:32versus the asset that the kids splash

14:36around in from above. And we were able

14:39to increase the competition and lower

14:41our costs by $2 million. Um we had

14:44conversations with our um partners at

14:48the Dayton Builders Union and they were

14:51um there have been no concerns raised by

14:54um Mr. Cox or any of his members. And so

14:58we're excited to bring forward these uh

15:01this investment which is funded by ARPA.

15:05And each spray park is um a little less

15:09than $500,000 combined um for the total

15:14of 3.4 million. So excited to bring that

15:17forward and to bring those amenities

15:19into our neighborhoods. And that's all I

15:21have. Yeah, it makes your right.

15:25>> Okay, Miss McClendon,

15:27do we have any citizens that are

15:29registered to speak?

15:31>> Yes.

15:31>> On calendar items?

15:33>> Yes, your honor. There are two citizens

15:34registered to speak on calendar items. I

15:37would like to state that there is a

15:383minut time limit. As you address the

15:40commission, we ask that you state your

15:42name and address for the record. At that

15:45time, I will turn on the green light.

15:47When the green light comes on, you'll be

15:48asked you will have three minutes to

15:50speak. After you have spoken two and a

15:52half minutes, a yellow light will come

15:53on and you will have 30 seconds

15:55remaining to speak. When the red light

15:57comes on, you will be asked to cease

15:59your comments and to take your seat. To

16:01the audience in attendance, please be

16:03mindful this is a business meeting, and

16:05we kindly request that during this

16:07portion of the meeting, you refrain from

16:08any hand clapping, finger snapping, and

16:11conversation that would prevent the city

16:13commission from hearing the speaker's

16:14comments. I call to the podium Rodney

16:18Stark.

16:24Rodney Stark, 4526 Alfred Drive, Dayton,

16:28Ohio 45417.

16:32Good evening, mayor.

16:33>> Good evening.

16:33>> Good evening, commissioners.

16:36Good evening, city manager. Short timer

16:39and madam color. Good evening. Um, I'm a

16:43little upset. Um,

16:45very upset actually, but I'm going to be

16:47very nice today.

16:49Um, I'm looking at all these

16:50recommendations

16:52and I know that all these things are

16:55important and I was a little disgusted

16:58with last meeting where you guys went

17:00through and declared it emergency to

17:03borrow money against these bonds, right?

17:06and you're not putting a dime and

17:08haven't borrowed a dime to help out the

17:11west side of Dayton with all these fire

17:13piles and debris piles that's in the

17:16west side of Dayton causing our sick

17:18children to be sick. Infant mortality

17:21rate is through the roof, right? People

17:24have asthma, COPD and everything else.

17:27Cancer diagnosis

17:30and everything. What about GM and and

17:32and Dayton Tire that moved out and all

17:34the contaminant soil? I'm getting

17:36reports now that sewage is backing up

17:39inside of people's basements when it

17:41rains heavy. And that's not about their

17:44plumbing. It's about the city plumbing

17:46the way it was built.

17:48So I am upset because seems like the

17:52west side of Dayton is not a priority

17:54for this commission. I said before

17:58people do not create ghettos. City

18:02commissions do, county commissions do,

18:05state and federal. And let's not leave

18:08out police and fire.

18:11The question is not what's happening on

18:13the west side of Dayton is why is it

18:15allowed to continue

18:18fire since since se since uh Labor Day.

18:22I think we're probably up to about 40

18:24fires.

18:25I know about six of them over there in

18:28my area right now over by Westtown.

18:32And you got on this bill that you

18:34requesting borrowing money for more fire

18:37equipment. Fire equipment for what? You

18:41let the houses burn to the ground. You

18:44don't need no fire equipment for that.

18:47I'm disgusted with this city commission.

18:49Seriously, and I am losing a lot of

18:52respect. I did lost some respect for you

18:54as city commissioners, but I'm starting

18:56to lose respect for you as human beings.

18:58Seriously, because nothing is happening

19:01over here. I want to see the dollars. I

19:03don't want to see the stuff being pushed

19:05down the road. You're kicking a can down

19:07the road. You don't answer citizens

19:10questions. We come here and ask you for

19:12answers. You don't answer us. I send you

19:15emails. Been over two months and you

19:17hadn't responded yet. Darius, the pool

19:21over there. I told you in April that

19:23that pool is not open. It hadn't been

19:25open since co

19:28the rec center pool hadn't been open

19:31since summer's gone.

19:34>> And you wonder why

19:35>> is up. Thank you.

19:36>> I didn't see a light. You wonder why the

19:38kids are playing in the parking lot.

19:40>> Thank you, Mrs. Starks.

19:44>> I called to the podium Alec Johnson.

19:53Greetings.

19:54>> Good evening.

19:56>> I'm Alec Johnson and live at 3206 Lynden

19:59Avenue in the Hearthstone neighborhood

20:00of Dayton. Last week, I spoke about the

20:03nearly 60 million in bond measures

20:05before this commission. I argued that

20:06Dayton needs public investment, but that

20:08there is something deeply backward about

20:10taxing accumulated wealth lightly and

20:12then borrowing that wealth back with

20:14skyrocketing interest rates to meet

20:16public needs. Tonight, I want to take

20:17that argument one step further. Ohio

20:20produced approximately 966.8 billion in

20:23goods and services in 2025. Estimated

20:26employee compensation was about 48 487.6

20:29billion. The difference produces a rough

20:32exploitation rate of 98.3%.

20:34In plain English, for every dollar paid

20:36to workers in wages and benefits,

20:38roughly another 98 cents appeared

20:40outside employee compensation. That 98

20:42cents is not all corporate profit. It

20:44also includes depreciation, taxes on

20:46production, and proprietors income. This

20:50is a structural measure, not an audited

20:52profit rate, but it still reveals

20:53something important. The people whose

20:55labor keeps Ohio running receive only a

20:58part of the value created in the

20:59economy. A portion of the remaining

21:01value accumulates as private capital.

21:03Then, cities enter the bond market and

21:05borrow from pools of accumulated

21:06capital, repaying principal and interest

21:08through taxes, fees, or utility

21:10revenues. workers help create the wealth

21:12in the first place and then help repay

21:14those who own it. I understand that

21:16Dayton can't enact a local wealth tax

21:18under present Ohio law. I'm also not

21:21asking you to reject necessary street

21:23equipment, buildings, parks, or sewer

21:25improvements. I am asking the commission

21:27to make the class consequences of

21:29financing those needs visible and to

21:30protect working people wherever it has

21:32the authority to do so. First, before

21:34each bond sale, publish a plain language

21:37debt statement showing the true interest

21:38cost, all issuance and underwriting

21:40fees, the maturity schedule, the

21:42repayment source, and total lifetime

21:44debt service. Second, for the $24.365

21:48million sewing sewer revenue bond,

21:50publish the projected effect on

21:52residential rates and the protections

21:53available to low-income households.

21:56Third, attach prevailing wage,

21:58apprenticeship, responsible contractor,

22:00and local hiring standards to bond

22:02finance work wherever the law permits.

22:05If we can't yet tax accumulated wealth

22:07locally, we can at least refuse to hide

22:09the price of borrowing it. And we can

22:11ensure that public debt builds public

22:13assets, good jobs, and affordable

22:14services, not merely a safe income

22:16stream for investors. In this way, we

22:19can ensure that public power and public

22:20policy produce public wealth. Thank you.

22:23>> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. includes

22:26speakers, your honor.

22:27>> Thank you,

22:29Miss Dixine. May we call um Miss Brown

22:33to give I know she did a very

22:35comprehensive review of the bonds last

22:37week and it was very much so

22:38appreciated. But if you could call Miss

22:41Brown to the podium to speak a little

22:44bit more about high level because from

22:46my understanding there's a level of

22:48bonds in which we can borrow against if

22:51you will and it falls under capital

22:54improvement infrastructure and if she

22:57could speak more

22:58>> yeah our bond our bonding capacity um

23:02first we have to own the asset right

23:05whether it's equipment or a facility has

23:08to be owned

23:09There's also terms with regards to the

23:13lifespan of that asset that you know

23:16bonder bond rating agencies the people

23:19buying the bonds will you know allow you

23:22to borrow up to based on that. There's

23:26also um we don't our policy is we never

23:32um go out for bonds of which there is

23:35either a revenue source to pay back or

23:37that we can't afford to pay back which

23:40is paid back with five mills out of our

23:4310 mills of property taxes. Five mills

23:45is dedicated to bond repayment. We also

23:49only go out to market every two years so

23:53that we have the capacity again we're

23:56managing this for equipment and facility

23:58improvement

24:00and um

24:02uh there was one more point I was going

24:04to make the the majority of the work

24:07whether in infrastructure um largely is

24:11prevailing wage work because that's the

24:13supply of um companies or workers who

24:17provide that work it goes. So, the on

24:20main improvements, the $2 million will

24:22be prevailing wage. Um facility uh in

24:26the facility improvements, those

24:28facilities that um are more than $2

24:31million will require a PLA, which will

24:35um certainly speak to much of what Mr.

24:37Johnson talked about. And the other um

24:40issues are with our equipment. And so it

24:43we have Oh, I know what I was going to

24:45say. We have we are the number one rated

24:49um uh city in Ohio with regards to how

24:55we manage our bonds um and our bond

24:59capacity, what we spend in bonding and

25:02what we can pay back. We are um the most

25:04conservative of all of the cities um and

25:08have received a great deal of praise

25:11from our bond rating agencies and that's

25:14why we can maintain our our double A

25:16plus.

25:17>> Exactly. Okay. Thank you very much. I

25:19appreciate it.

25:19>> You're welcome.

25:20>> And I apologize I missed the the

25:22presentation from Miss Mr. McDaniel, but

25:25what is the strategy in terms of

25:26addressing the fire pals that we have?

25:28There have been a number that we have

25:30added to to the list.

25:32>> Right.

25:32>> So, and I from my understanding there

25:34was a contract that we should have

25:38different.

25:38>> Yeah. So, we're working towards that.

25:41More importantly, we're working towards

25:43you know, we're we I just talked with

25:45Mr. Gondel about a um multi-EP

25:49department conversation around arson

25:52because we absolutely have some areas

25:54we're concerned about and we want to

25:56make sure that we have eyes wide open

25:58and are really doing an aggressive

26:00investigation around arsonist activity

26:03in the city. Um and we do have contracts

26:07coming forward. Um, we spent a lot of

26:09time on ARPA funding to draw that down,

26:12but we now have the rest of the funding

26:14cycle coming through to address some of

26:17the fire piles. We won't get to all of

26:19them in 26, and we'll be talking about

26:21um recommendations for 27 in the budget

26:24presentations. And then, correct me if

26:26I'm wrong, from a couple weeks ago,

26:29maybe even a month or two ago, when the

26:32Broadway

26:33and Grand Avenue fire uh took place,

26:37there was some concerns in terms of the

26:39strategy and why that structure was

26:41essentially knocked down without being

26:43removed. And that from my understanding,

26:45I don't know the the correct terms, but

26:47that was more so of a a safety correct

26:50>> uh precaution if you will to let it burn

26:55out.

26:55>> Unless we own the structure at the time

26:58of a fire, we cannot remove a structure,

27:01but our folks come in and do a

27:02structural inspection and we'll direct

27:06the um for it to be knocked down because

27:09of a safety issue. You're absolutely

27:11right. But then the building, the

27:14housing staff have to go back and do all

27:16of the same work they have to do for

27:18regular demolition. They've got to serve

27:20notice. They've got to, you know, then

27:22and it's extra because they also have to

27:24deal with RAPKA and some of the

27:26environmental stuff. So, we don't have

27:29authority to remove a structure until

27:31we've gone through that state legislated

27:35process.

27:35>> Okay. Thank you. Do we have the

27:37permission and uh to even provide any

27:41like snow fencing or caution tape or

27:44anything around those perimeters where

27:45those fire piles are noted?

27:48>> We don't have um I I don't know that we

27:52are prohibited in that. What we've

27:53talked about before is simply the added

27:55cost takes away from further demolitions

27:59because you know that that gets

28:00expensive when we have to you know we

28:03have a couple hundred fire piles around

28:05the city, right? So, it just is a matter

28:08of prior trying to prioritize and the

28:10snow fencing doesn't keep anybody from

28:12who wants to

28:14>> um trespass and go into the property,

28:16>> right? Maybe if we can do something more

28:18cost effective just for again any

28:20concerns around liability or whatever

28:22have you

28:24>> um that we will make sure that we have

28:25those provisions in place. Thank you

28:27very much. And then the last comment

28:29that I have is in regards to GDRC and

28:31the pool. I know that we were waiting on

28:33the states.

28:35>> Okay. Okay.

28:36>> Still,

28:37>> yeah, that has to be reertified and it

28:40has been painfully exhaustingly slow.

28:43>> Okay. I appreciate the update. Thank

28:45you.

28:47>> Commissioners, are there any questions

28:48or comments? Commissioner Beckon.

28:50>> Thank you, your honor. Um, and uh, Miss

28:54Dixine, thank you for speaking to both

28:56the

28:57um, fire piles as well as the bonds. I I

29:00certainly was going to note uh, Mr.

29:02Stark's comment about the pool. I think

29:05I mean if if there is any way that we

29:07can expedite the state's process, I

29:09think that would be in our best

29:10interest, but we are of course waiting

29:12on their their reertification. Um so and

29:15we have received memos in packet about

29:18that. So it is it is not something that

29:20all of us have not asked about. Uh and

29:21we've got a response. Um if that can

29:24move faster, I think uh we will

29:26hopefully be able to reopen by next

29:27summer. Um, ideally,

29:30um, I did just want to also, uh, for the

29:33record, um, just just speak to the

29:36reality of what what is and what is not

29:39happening, uh, on the west side of our

29:41city. Um,

29:43obviously, right, uh, we want to see

29:47greater investment and and greater

29:50progress throughout our entire city. Um,

29:53as it relates to the west side, you

29:55know, I think there are some projects to

29:56note, right, that, uh, I think this

29:58commission has helped fund and pass. Uh,

30:01of course, um, there's far more work to

30:03be done, uh, in every area of our city,

30:06but I mean, from Boys and Girls Club,

30:08uh, their new facility, uh, that is

30:10currently being built to the Dninnesota

30:12Bass redevelopment to the workforce

30:14housing in Five Oaks that's being built

30:16as we speak, the Greater West Dayton

30:17incubator, uh, the new homes in Wright

30:20Dumbar and Wolf Creek, uh, the

30:22demolition that we just uh, saw the

30:24presentation on that of course is

30:27increasing people's quality of life in

30:28those immediate neighborhoods and

30:30obviously the street resurfacing that

30:32this city does every year. Um I don't

30:34think that can be ignored. Um of course

30:37is there more to do? Absolutely. U but I

30:40I do want to correct the record that we

30:42are uh helping fund these critical

30:44projects to help serve this city. So uh

30:46those are all my comments. Thank you,

30:47Mayor.

30:48>> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner

30:49Fairchild.

30:50>> Yeah. Uh first point order. Uh Miss

30:52McClendon, can we note in the minutes

30:54the presence of the mayor?

30:57>> Thank you, Commissioner. You're welcome.

30:58Thank you, Miss McClendon.

30:59>> I should have done that. Hold on.

31:01>> And then, um, city manager, I had a

31:03question about the splash park.

31:06>> Could you provide to us the scoring of

31:09these parks because citizens over in

31:13Belmont have wanted a park in Nordale.

31:17>> Um, that's where I've heard them speak

31:19about a park and I'm just curious about

31:21how it scored out to be at

31:23>> We We've provided that a couple of

31:24times. It was in the master plan and

31:26there was a question a year last year

31:29sometime and it was followed up again

31:31and provided. Nordale is about I think

31:33if I'm remembering the list right about

31:35seventh on the list

31:37>> right

31:37>> and again it was a a multitude of

31:40criteria that led to this scoring and

31:44the prioritization but we can certainly

31:46provide that memo or that that portion

31:49again.

31:49>> Yeah, I've seen the parks ranked. I'm

31:52not sure I've seen.

31:53>> Yeah, the splash parks the splash parks

31:55were prioritized and that's been

31:57provided a couple of times.

31:58>> Right. Right. And I'm saying I've seen

32:00that.

32:00>> Yeah.

32:00>> What I haven't seen is the criteria.

32:03>> Oh, it's in the it's in the master plan.

32:06>> Okay. Well, I'd like to see that again

32:07because I mean I think about where that

32:09Nordale Park is between two elementary

32:11schools, a library, a high school. It

32:14seems like there's a lot of assets

32:16around it that would would score it

32:18higher than where it scored. as well as

32:21the fact that

32:23>> I want to say it was 20 plus splash pads

32:26or whatever. So, seventh is not a

32:28shabby, you know, it's not the top

32:30obviously, but it's not a shabby

32:32position, but I can provide that again.

32:34>> Great. Thank you.

32:37>> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner

32:38Shaw.

32:39>> Yes. Thank you. And and thank you,

32:41Commissioner Beckham, for centering the

32:43development work that has gone on in

32:45West Aton. don't think we can uh talk

32:47about that enough because uh it's been

32:49significant and uh as I ride around West

32:52Dayton and other parts of our city um I

32:54see it and uh and it's important to talk

32:57about that. So, thank you for that. Um

33:00and thank you uh city manager for

33:02talking about the bond ratings. It is

33:04critically important that we have this

33:06double A bond rating. it lowers the cost

33:09and uh and it's really remarkable how um

33:13we have been able to kind of control

33:15that those processes and to maintain

33:17this bond rating over a long period of

33:19time. So thank you for that and I think

33:21that's all all I have on the manager's

33:23recommendation.

33:24>> Thank you commissioner. I just want to

33:26briefly state as Commissioner Beckham

33:29noted that there are a number of things

33:31that are taking place um that are in

33:34fact um tangible that we can see but

33:37there needs to be a greater emphasis on

33:38the aesthetics of the city. Um I'm

33:40constantly

33:42raising um to the attention of the

33:45overgrown vegetation, the weeds, the the

33:47the cutbacks of the trees. There is a

33:50lot of work that needs to be done. We

33:52definitely have to improve the

33:54conditions of our neighborhoods. And I

33:56know a lot of that is also on our

33:58property owners, our homeowners, um, as

34:01well as the city is a combination of a

34:03of a collaborative effort. Um, but what

34:06I would like to see is that we do a

34:07better job with, uh, the removal of the

34:11the overgrown vegetation,

34:14um, trash pickup on, uh, many of the

34:17corridors from the trash cans that we do

34:19have in place. Um so I would just ask

34:22that uh there will be a continual effort

34:24on how and what we are doing to improve

34:27the aesthetics of the city. Um because

34:30again it it is very uh alarming of some

34:33of the things that I see and honestly it

34:35is not appealing by no means and we need

34:37to do better and that is account of

34:39property owners uh our renters as well

34:42as uh the local government as well. So I

34:44ask for everyone's support. note that we

34:46have launched the don't be a litterbug

34:48campaign, but we need all hands involved

34:51and we definitely have to improve um the

34:54overall aesthetics of the city. So,

34:58may I have a motion to approve the city

34:59manager's recommendations?

35:01>> I move to approve the city manager's

35:03recommendations.

35:04>> I second the motion.

35:04>> It has been properly moved and seconded

35:06to approve the city manager's

35:08recommendations. All in favor say I.

35:10>> All oppose say no. Any abstensions?

35:14Legislation. Miss McClendon. All right.

35:17Second reading, emergency ordinance

35:19number 32210-26

35:23to provide for the issuance and sale of

35:25bonds in an amount not to exceed

35:28$5,800,000

35:30and0 for the purpose of providing funds

35:33for acquiring motor vehicles, motorized

35:36equipment, fire department apparatus and

35:38equipment and other equipment for

35:40various departments of the city together

35:42with all necessary pertinances. Mayor

35:45Turner Sloths

35:46>> I

35:46>> Commissioner Shaw

35:48>> I

35:48>> Fairchild

35:49>> I

35:50>> Beckham

35:50>> Hi.

35:51>> Ordinance number 32210-26

35:55has passed with four votes in favor.

35:58Second reading, emergency ordinance

36:00number 32211-26

36:04to provide for the issuance and sale of

36:06bonds in an amount not to exceed

36:08$8,925,000

36:12for the purpose of providing funds for

36:14acquiring, constructing, improving,

36:17renovating, rehabil rehabilitating,

36:20equipping, and otherwise improving of

36:22the city's public facilities, including

36:25HVAC, elevator, and roof improvements.

36:27ments as well as parking lot repairs

36:30together with all necessary

36:31orertinances. Mayor Turner Sauce

36:34>> I.

36:35>> Commissioner Shaw

36:36>> I

36:36>> May bear child

36:37>> I

36:38>> Beckham

36:39>> I.

36:40>> Emergency ordinance number 32211-26

36:44has passed with four votes in favor.

36:48Second reading, emergency ordinance

36:49number 32212

36:53to provide for the issuance and sale of

36:55bonds in amount not to exceed $2,40,000

36:59and0 for the purpose of providing funds

37:03for improving the city's transportation

37:05system by improving streets including

37:08lighting, resurfacing major

37:10thoroughares,

37:11residential streets and alleys

37:13throughout the city, providing for

37:15utility improvements and upgrades

37:17improving and installing curbs and

37:19sidewalks, including constructing and

37:21reconstructing sidewalks, bicycle lanes,

37:24bikeway connectors, bikeway ramps,

37:27bicycle paths, and cycle tracks.

37:30Constructing and reconstructing portions

37:32of and extensions to streets together

37:34with all necessary ordinances. Mayor

37:37Turner Slo

37:38>> I,

37:39>> Commissioner Shaw,

37:40>> I,

37:40>> Fairchild,

37:41>> I,

37:42>> Beckham,

37:43>> I. Emergency Ordinance number 32212-26

37:47has passed with four votes in favor.

37:51Second reading, emergency ordinance

37:52number 32213-26

37:56to provide for the issuance and sale of

37:58bonds in an amount not to exceed

38:00$4,785,000

38:04for the purpose of providing funds for

38:06acquiring, constructing, improving,

38:09renovating, rehabilitating, equipping,

38:12and otherwise improving of the city's

38:14outdoor public facilities and otherwise

38:16improving of the city's outdoor public

38:19facilities and providing for city

38:21functions and services together with all

38:23necessary ordinances. Mayor Turner

38:25Sloths

38:26>> I,

38:26>> Commissioner Shaw,

38:28>> I,

38:28>> Fairchild,

38:29>> I,

38:29>> Beckham,

38:30>> I.

38:31>> Emergency ordinance number 32213-26

38:35has passed with four votes in favor.

38:39Second reading, emergency ordinance

38:40number 32214-26

38:44to provide for the issuance and sale of

38:46bonds in an amount not to exceed

38:48$2,440,000

38:52for the purpose of refunding at a lower

38:54interest cost certain of the city's

38:56various purpose refunding bonds series

38:582015 which were issued in part for the

39:02purpose of refunding at a lower interest

39:04cost certain of the city's various

39:05purpose bonds series 2009B. B, which

39:09matured on and after December 1st, 2019.

39:13The refunded series 2009B bonds, which

39:16refunded series 2009B bonds were used

39:20for the purpose of providing funds for

39:23improving the James M. Cox Dayton

39:25International Airport by the

39:27acquisition, construction, furnishing,

39:29and equipping of airport improvements,

39:32including parking facilities, and

39:34providing all necessary and related

39:36improvements and impertinances thereto.

39:39Mayor Turner Sloths

39:40>> I,

39:41>> Commissioner Shaw,

39:42>> I,

39:42>> Bearchild,

39:43>> I,

39:44>> Beckham,

39:44>> I.

39:45>> Emergency ordinance number 32214-26

39:49has passed with four votes in favor.

39:52Second reading, emergency ordinance

39:54number 32215-26

39:57to provide for the issuance and sale of

39:59bonds in amount not to exceed $6,625,000

40:05for the purpose of refunding at a lower

40:07interest cost certain of the city's

40:09various

40:11excuse me for the purpose of refunding

40:13at a lower interest cost certain of the

40:15city's various

40:19Oh, why am I my apologies? No worries.

40:22>> All right. Improvement bonds series

40:242016, which were issued in part for the

40:28purpose of refunding certain of the

40:30city's outstanding

40:32capital facilities bonds series 2007,

40:36which were originally issued to pay cost

40:38of one, refunding the city's capital

40:41facilities bonds series 1993.

40:44Two, refunding the city's capital

40:46facilities bonds series 1994.

40:49Three, improving the city's

40:50transportation system by improving

40:53streets, including resurfacing major

40:55thoroughares and residential streets and

40:58sealing various streets and alleys

41:00throughout the city. Improving and

41:03installing curbs and sidewalks,

41:04including constructing and

41:06reconstructing wheelchair ramps,

41:08reconstructing and installing traffic

41:10signals, reconstructing portions of

41:12streets, and reconstructing and

41:15repairing various bridges within the

41:17city together with all necessary.

41:20Four, constructing, renovating,

41:23remodeling, rehabilitating, adding to,

41:26furnishing, equipping, and otherwise

41:28improving parks and recreation

41:30facilities together with all necessary

41:32pertinances. And five, improving the

41:35city's storm water sewer system by

41:38constructing storm water sewers in St.

41:40Clair Street and related improvements

41:43and impertinances there too. Mayor

41:45Turner Sloths.

41:46>> Hi,

41:47>> Commissioner Shaw.

41:48>> Hi,

41:49>> Fairchild. I

41:50>> Beckham

41:51>> I.

41:52>> Emergency ordinance number 32215-26

41:56has passed with four votes in favor.

42:00Second reading, emergency ordinance

42:02number 32216-26

42:05to provide for the issuance and sale of

42:08bonds in an amount not to exceed

42:10$4,815,000

42:14for the purpose of refunding at a lower

42:16interest cost certain of the city's

42:18various purpose refunding and

42:21improvement bonds series 2018 which were

42:25issued in part for the purpose of a

42:28current refunding certain of the city's

42:30outstanding capital facilities bonds

42:32series 2007 which were originally issued

42:35to pay cost of one refunding the city's

42:38capital facilities bond series 1993 two

42:42refunding the city's capital facilities

42:44bond series 1994

42:46B acquiring constructing improving

42:49renovating rehabilitating equipping and

42:52otherwise improving of the city's public

42:54facilities including HVAC elevator and

42:57roof improvements as well as well as

42:59parking lot resurfacing together with

43:01all necessary impertinances. C.

43:04improving the city's transportation

43:05system by improving streets, including

43:08resurfacing major thoroughares,

43:11residential streets, and alleys

43:13throughout the city. Improving and

43:15installing curbs and sidewalks,

43:17including constructing and

43:18reconstructing sidewalks, bicycle lanes,

43:21bikeway connectors, bikeway ramps,

43:24bicycle paths, and cycle tracks. and

43:26constructing and reconstructing portions

43:29of and extensions to streets together

43:31with all necessary impertinances. D

43:34acquiring motor vehicles, motorized

43:37equipment and other equipment for

43:39various departments of the city together

43:41with all necessary pertinances and

43:44acquiring, constructing, improving,

43:46renovating, rehabilitating,

43:49equipping and otherwise improving of the

43:51city's outdoor public facilities and

43:53providing for city functions and

43:56services together with all necessary

43:58pertinances and related improvements and

44:00impertinances thereto. Mayor Turner

44:03Sloths. I

44:04>> Commissioner Shaw

44:05>> I

44:05>> Fairchild

44:06>> I

44:07>> Beckham

44:08>> I

44:09>> emergency ordinance number 32216-26

44:13has passed with four votes in favor.

44:15Second reading, emergency ordinance

44:17number 32217-26

44:20to provide for the issuance and sale of

44:22sewer system revenue bonds in an amount

44:24not to exceed $24,365,000

44:30for the purpose of paying cost of

44:32improvements to the utility authorizing

44:35a supplemental trust agreement and other

44:37documents related relating to the series

44:392026 bonds. Mayor Turner Loss

44:42>> I. Commissioner Shaw,

44:44>> I

44:45>> Fairchild.

44:45>> Hi,

44:46>> Beckham.

44:47>> I,

44:48>> Emergency Ordinance number 32217-26

44:52has passed with four votes in favor.

44:55First reading resolution number 6956-26,

45:00approving the submission of grant

45:01applications and authorizing the

45:03acceptance of grant awards from the

45:05Miami Valley Regional Planning

45:07Commission under the Transportation

45:08Improvement Program. Second reading

45:11resolution number 6955-26

45:15authorizing the city manager or her

45:17designate to apply for accept and enter

45:20into a water pollution control loan fund

45:23agreement administered by the state of

45:25Ohio environmental protection agency on

45:28behalf of the city of Dayton Ohio for

45:30the Broadway pump station and force main

45:34condition assessment. Mayor Turner

45:36Sloths.

45:36>> Hi,

45:37>> Commissioner Shaw.

45:38>> I

45:39>> Fairchild.

45:40>> I

45:40>> Beckham,

45:41>> I.

45:42>> Resolution number 6955-26

45:46has been adopted with four votes in

45:48favor. And that concludes legislation,

45:49your honor.

45:50>> Thank you, M. McClendon. Mr. McClendon,

45:53are there any citizens that are

45:54registered to speak this evening?

45:56>> Yes, your honor. There are eight

45:58citizens registered to speak. I would

46:00like to state that there is a

46:01three-minute time limit. As you address

46:03the commission, we ask that you state

46:04your name and address for the record. At

46:07that time, I will turn on the green

46:08light. When the green light comes on,

46:10you will have three minutes to speak.

46:12After you have spoken 2 and 1/2 minutes,

46:14a yellow light will come on and you will

46:16have 30 seconds remaining to speak. When

46:18the red light comes on, you'll be asked

46:20to cease your comments and to take your

46:21seat. To the audience in attendance,

46:24please be mindful this is a business

46:25meeting and we kindly request that

46:27during this portion of the meeting you

46:29refrain from any hand clapping, finger

46:31snapping, and conversation that would

46:33prevent the city commission from hearing

46:35the speaker's comments. I call to the

46:38podium Robert Huggin.

47:07Please state your name and address for

47:09the record.

47:11>> My name is Robert Huggin Jr. I'm from

47:144601 Kings Parkway.

47:18They know how 45406.

47:23>> You may begin.

47:25>> Uh, remember some pretty good lies y'all

47:27started with up there for I was going to

47:30ask you I was going to ask you

47:33to forgive me for my past cuz I have

47:35been drinking now. I think y'all been

47:37drinking too because whoever put that

47:39toilet out there then go in there and

47:42and sit on it. you anyone coming

47:45downtown to see our city and they and

47:49that's what they see. I I had to use the

47:52bathroom. I went in there now. I've been

47:55keeping out of trouble. I ain't been in

47:57your jail. I So I didn't quit drinking.

47:59You hear me? God, I had call on Jesus.

48:01You hear me?

48:03Now you give me that now. I I keep on

48:05hearing everybody say, "I s I not gonna

48:09kick your butt." Okay. Do your job. Do

48:12your job. Now you asked me to do nothing

48:14now. Let's go on with it. Let's get on

48:16with it. Our law our law system is to

48:20protect the citizen here in Dayton,

48:23Ohio. We got officers come out. There's

48:27no such thing as a police report. Okay?

48:30You don't see them again. Somebody broke

48:32in my house. I got it looking nice in my

48:35house. I got it going on now cuz all

48:36that money I was drinking, I'm spending

48:39on real nice stuff. got plants and a

48:43plant life, all that good stuff.

48:48Don't nobody give a damn because that

48:50dope come in here and that dope was up

48:52at the Dayton be ba too. I reported it.

48:55One of their people took $500 off of me

48:59a couple of weeks ago.

49:01He's smoking crack. Nobody relieved him

49:04of his duty. He's supposed to be off of

49:06that. Okay. He's supposed to be off of

49:08that. Here I am sitting wondering how

49:10I'm going to pay my my my bills. You

49:14know what I mean? I'm crying. Being a

49:16good student, being a good citizen.

49:19Okay. Nobody told me there was going to

49:21be wasn't going to be no meeting this

49:23morning. So probably didn't know I was

49:25coming. Okay? So I've been here all day.

49:29So I'm up to here with you. I ain't even

49:32putting up with you. And I don't care

49:34what you think about me because this is

49:37my country. That guy up there talking

49:40about throwing a party and we got people

49:42ain't even a even got decent water to

49:44drink. People having don't have a decent

49:48living facility.

49:50People living out on the street. We got

49:54Look, look at the problems we got. And

49:56we done stopped playing. My god. You

49:59know, I ask if I was one of y'all, I go

50:02ahead you because it's come vote time

50:06now. That's the main thing to be are you

50:09registered to vote? I went down there

50:11and I check I'm registered. Okay. I went

50:14around to the other place. I said, I

50:16think I do all this stuff while I'm

50:17here. Our kids don't even know how

50:20important it is that they vote and how

50:24important it is that they get an

50:25education. how important it is that they

50:29learn to do something.

50:30>> Your time is up, Mr. Huggin.

50:32>> Your time is up.

50:34>> Thank you.

50:35>> Thank you, Mr. Huggin.

50:38>> I call to the podium Rodney Stark.

50:46>> Rodney Stark. Protocol has already uh

50:484526 Alfred Drive, Dayton, Ohio, 45417.

50:53Protocol has already been established. I

50:55beg to differ with you. I'm not going to

50:57call anybody a liar, but I will tell you

51:00that you can do what you want to do.

51:02Okay? You have turned the west side of

51:05Dayton

51:06into a landfill, right? I don't think

51:10you all understand what's happening. You

51:12can point out your little shiny objects

51:14all day long, but this needs a state of

51:17emergency action that needs to happen.

51:20This is not a public works issue. This

51:24is not a housing inspector issue. This

51:28is we need major funding on the west

51:30side to go in there and take care of

51:33these properties. Whether you own them

51:35or not, do a right of way. Take over

51:38these properties. Get those trash piles,

51:40fire piles up out of here. It takes more

51:43than just sitting there and saying we

51:44cannot do anything.

51:47Would you guys telling the citizens,

51:49especially the people that live on

51:50Dayton, especially our young people,

51:52that your vote matter? They tell me all

51:54the time when I knock on doors, our vote

51:57don't matter anyway. I'm starting to

51:59believe them. Our damn vote don't matter

52:02because we put people in here that hold

52:04up their hands and say, "We can't do a

52:06damn thing." Yes, you can. You can go

52:10down to the state office and drag that

52:13inspector to come down here and look at

52:14the pool. If you can't do it, give me a

52:17call. Let me let me handle it for you. I

52:19can go over there and get somebody to

52:20look at that pool and get them to

52:22inspect that pool and get that pool up

52:24and running. You guys are being too nice

52:27and just throwing your hands and say you

52:29can't do anything. It's ridiculous. And

52:32by the way, none of you none of you

52:34Chris Shaw, you can talk about the

52:35beautiful things that you building even

52:37downtown. None of you mentioned the fact

52:40of the contamination.

52:42You never mentioned that. You never

52:44mention the sewage. You never mention

52:46the infant mortal mortality rate. Guess

52:49what? A a a Boys and Girls Club is not

52:51going to help with that.

52:54Your beautiful houses over there in

52:56Dotto Bass is not going to help with

52:58that. It's not going to help with a

53:00person's cancer diagnosis.

53:03Do something. Do something different.

53:06Stop saying we can't do anything because

53:09I guarantee you if those trash piles and

53:11all those debris piles were downtown,

53:13you'll damn do something about it.

53:16>> Stop it.

53:17I'm not going to buy it. And what about

53:19the hundred million dollar that your

53:22loan care source to build that out

53:26through the Port Authority? Yes, you

53:28did. I know about you, little arms. I've

53:30been researching you.

53:32Look it up. Port Authority. Not only did

53:35you help them build it out, $70 million,

53:38you also helped with the parking decks

53:39and all that stuff. And guess what? The

53:41port authority still didn't pay you back

53:43and you had no recourse to take it back

53:46from.

53:47>> Thank you, Mrs. Starks.

53:49I call to the podium James Mitchell

54:02to the mayor, commissioners, the city

54:04manager,

54:06and everyone that's in our Dayton.

54:08>> Sir,

54:08>> city office.

54:09>> May you please state your name and

54:11address for the record. My name is James

54:12Mitchell,

54:14242 South Conover Street, Dayton, Ohio.

54:20Uh, I come seeking your help.

54:25Uh, next door, 246

54:27Conover Street.

54:30Uh,

54:32it was

54:34crazy how it happened. I got the house

54:36right next door to me for a dollar.

54:40I gutted the house.

54:43I

54:46gutted it real good. I bought all the

54:48electrical. I bought all the plumbing. I

54:51bought everything to completely redo the

54:54house. Two weeks later, I got a

54:57certified letter and they took it back.

55:02I had stripped the roof. I had did

55:05everything to the house. Okay. So since

55:08they took the house back, it has caved

55:12in. It has overgrown.

55:16The garage had fell in. And why I'm here

55:22to this evening is I need somebody to

55:25come and look at that property. I still

55:29cut the grass. I still try to clean up

55:32around it. And incidentally, I was in

55:35the garage this time last year and it

55:37fell in on me and I was in the hospital

55:40for about a month. But the reason I'm

55:43here is I need somebody to come and look

55:47at that house and get it torn down. It

55:51cannot be repaired. At the time, I had

55:55all the materials to do it. I had bought

55:58kitchen cabinets. I bought everything to

56:02completely redo the house and they just

56:04took it back from me. So now it's uh

56:09just a regular house ruining the

56:12neighborhood. And so

56:15my cause tonight is I wanted to see if I

56:19could get my commissioners and my mayor,

56:21my city manager, if they could get

56:23somebody out to look at that house and

56:26to have it torn down. Now get me now.

56:29Like I said, I was I'm a carpenter. I'm

56:32a plumber. I'm electrician. And I got

56:35the house because I wanted to do it for

56:37an investment.

56:38But like I said, they took it away from

56:41me and they never did anything to it. It

56:45has completely caved in. The roof of the

56:49house, the garage fell in. The walls are

56:51falling down. And what it's doing to my

56:54property is just making my property look

56:57bad. So what I want to know is if who I

57:02can contact to get some I've called

57:05housing several times and nobody

57:08responded. So I just come and thought I

57:10would pose my question to the

57:14commissioners tonight to see if I could

57:16get some help. Okay. Thank you.

57:19>> Thank you, Mr. Mitchell. We'll have a

57:21conversation with you afterwards and

57:23Miss Dixine if we could have a report or

57:25an update on 246 Conover to see if if in

57:28fact if it's on a nuisance list and if

57:30it's uh slated for demolition. Thank

57:32you.

57:34>> Excuse me, Miss McClendon.

57:36>> I call to the podium Kevin Keller.

57:46>> Kevin Keller, 3922 East Third Street,

57:48Dayton, Ohio 4543. Good evening,

57:51commissioners, mayor.

57:52>> Good evening,

57:53>> city manager, and you, the audience.

57:57>> First of all, I'd like to speak of

57:59something that I just noticed the last

58:00couple weeks while driving near dusk,

58:04which scared the crap out of me. These

58:06cement things that you guys are putting

58:07in this, I guess it's for a bike path.

58:10I'm not sure, but the the lines are way

58:13out of whack as far as establishing

58:15traffic patterns downtown near Lynon A

58:17specifically where it branches off. It's

58:20a hazard because at dusk and at dawn,

58:24you don't see those curbs. They just put

58:26them in. There's no reflective tape or

58:28painting on there. There's no cones.

58:31There's cones telling you, "Hey, we got

58:33curbs coming up." And it kind of angles

58:35you over, but that's the only spot and

58:37there's like three cones there. That's

58:39an accident. waiting to happen big time

58:43and they go for like a mile and then

58:46they got these holes in them. I'm

58:47suspecting it's for parking meters. We

58:50don't need parking meters anymore

58:51because we got this new system going

58:52that is not very explanatory. Speaking

58:54of the parking system, there needs to be

58:56a little bit more education on how to do

58:58it properly because I don't want to get

59:00a ticket. Also,

59:03commission, I think you guys need to do

59:04a better job at advising the city as to

59:08certain improvements you're making. Like

59:10in the Dayton delivers, I don't know if

59:12it's there. I've not been able to get on

59:13that site yet, but the newsletter you

59:15that comes to my house once in a while,

59:16it's got things in there, but not

59:18everything. It'd be nice if somebody

59:19mentioned the curbs going in. And so,

59:22you know, there's no accidents. I'll

59:24guarantee you there's accidents, people

59:25hitting those things, like I said,

59:27because there's no attention to they're

59:29there until you already hit them.

59:33Um,

59:34the lining up the traffic lanes at East

59:36Third Street going up near Smithville

59:38where it turns East Third Street to

59:40Airway Road at Smithville.

59:42You're turning left or you're going

59:44straight. You you almost got to look to

59:46the side and see what that guy's going

59:47to do on that on on that lane. Is he

59:49going to go straight? Is he going to

59:50turn? because those lines do not line up

59:52properly and they're going to cause an

59:53accident either way when you're going

59:54west or east. It's an issue because you

59:58got the crest of that hill. You can't

59:59see those lines till you're there and

1:00:01there's the lines don't line up.

1:00:06I don't understand why we can't do

1:00:07something a little bit more for uh

1:00:09Washington Park. They did put some new

1:00:11playground in, but why not? They can

1:00:13have a splash pad. There's a lot of kids

1:00:14live in my neighborhood that would love

1:00:16something like that. parents take them

1:00:17down, put on that splash pad, and

1:00:20that'll be great because up until my I

1:00:23happened to see it earlier this year.

1:00:26There have been some improvements, but

1:00:28um there was a lot of drug use down

1:00:30there and I think parents kept the

1:00:31children away.

1:00:34Memorial Hall, I heard, is might be

1:00:35renovated and the e the Miami Valley um

1:00:40veterans veterans uh commission may may

1:00:43borrow it. That would be awesome. I'd

1:00:45love to see that re redone

1:00:47and I thank you very very much.

1:00:49>> Thank you Mr. Keller.

1:00:52>> I call to the podium Alec Johnson.

1:01:02>> Just have to say I love Mr. Killer's

1:01:04hat. Greetings. My name is Alec Johnson

1:01:07and I still live at 3206 Lynden Avenue

1:01:10in Dayton's Hearthstone neighborhood.

1:01:12One year ago, President Trump signed

1:01:15National Security Presidential

1:01:16Memorandum 7. It labels

1:01:18anti-Americanism, anti- capitalism, and

1:01:20anti-Christianity, and alleged extremism

1:01:23on immigration, race, and gender as

1:01:25supposed warning signs of political

1:01:27violence. Many of these views are widely

1:01:29held beliefs, not crimes. They're

1:01:31protected by the First Amendment. On

1:01:33September 25th, Liberation News reviewed

1:01:36NSPM7's first year and argued that it's

1:01:39become an operational blueprint for

1:01:41disrupting progressive and left-wing

1:01:42organizations. Records from Minnesota

1:01:45make that warning concrete. Court

1:01:47documents reported by the Associated

1:01:48Press show that federal agents monitored

1:01:50progressive organizations and unions,

1:01:52attended meetings undercover, and

1:01:54obtained financial records. This is how

1:01:57political policing works. Authorities

1:01:59begin with a frightening label,

1:02:00investigate a movement instead of a

1:02:02crime, and then search for something

1:02:04that can justify the investigation after

1:02:06the fact. It's a pattern I discussed

1:02:08previously in the State Department's

1:02:10Cuba Report and the Breakthrough News

1:02:12Congressional Subpoena. Political

1:02:14association and journalism recast as

1:02:16subversion. Breakthrough News is once

1:02:18again in the crosshairs. Two congressmen

1:02:19are asking the Treasury Department to

1:02:21rescend its nonprofit tax status. NSPM7

1:02:25is built to reach into local government.

1:02:27It directs joint terrorism task forces

1:02:29to coordinate with law enforcement

1:02:31partners and pursue organizations,

1:02:33employees, donors, and financial

1:02:34networks. The ACLU has warned that local

1:02:37personnel and data can become

1:02:38indispensable to that system. That's why

1:02:41I previously submitted the Dayton Civil

1:02:43Liberties legislative package last July.

1:02:45It contains two measures, a resolution

1:02:48condemning political repression and a

1:02:49binding daton civil liberties and

1:02:52viewpoint neutral municipal resources

1:02:54act. That's a mouthful. Let's call it

1:02:56the Dayton Clever Act for short. The

1:02:58ordinance would prevent discretionary

1:03:00use of city personnel, records,

1:03:02surveillance systems, databases,

1:03:04facilities, grants, contracts, or task

1:03:05force relationships when lawful speech,

1:03:08journalism, ideology, association,

1:03:10protest, labor activity, religion, or

1:03:12organizing is a substantial basis for

1:03:14investigation. It would still permit

1:03:16valid warrants and court orders, genuine

1:03:18investig investigations supported by

1:03:20evidence, and emergency action against

1:03:22an imminent threat of serious bodily

1:03:24harm. This isn't obstruction. It's

1:03:26Democratic control over Dayton's own

1:03:28resources. A month ago, I was told that

1:03:30the law department had this legislative

1:03:32package under review, and I was

1:03:33encouraged when I was able to confirm

1:03:35this recently. I'm hoping this process

1:03:37might conclude presently given the

1:03:38urgency of the matter. I look forward to

1:03:40the ensuing public hearings. Dayton has

1:03:43an opportunity to make history while

1:03:45earning headlines nationwide for

1:03:46standing up for the rights of its

1:03:47citizens against a regime that

1:03:49increasingly threatens everyone. While

1:03:51Dayton can't command the FBI, this

1:03:53commission can decide whether Dayton's

1:03:55employees, information, and institutions

1:03:57become instruments of an ideological

1:03:59drag net. We can all agree that we

1:04:02should investigate crimes and not

1:04:03beliefs. Thank you.

1:04:05>> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. I call to the

1:04:07podium Sharon Screech.

1:04:16>> Hello, Commissioner, city manager.

1:04:18>> Good evening,

1:04:18>> Miss McClendon.

1:04:20Um, I'm my name is Sharon Screech. I

1:04:22live at 515 West Grand Avenue, 45405.

1:04:28Um, I'm coming before you today cuz I

1:04:30know we do come down here a lot and we

1:04:33get in y'all's butts, but I'm going to

1:04:35say something positive for a change. um

1:04:38the mayor's flight plan. I am commending

1:04:40the mayor that the group that was

1:04:43selected is very diverse and we should

1:04:48come with some really good ideas for the

1:04:50city. I thank you and Mr. Davis, you

1:04:54know, for

1:04:56grabbing all those people because it I

1:04:58was really pleasantly surprised at the

1:05:00diversity of the group. So that is a big

1:05:03big positive. I know we come and I just

1:05:05want to say some positive things. I seen

1:05:07Matt Joseph and his family down at the

1:05:09Dragon Stadium. I seen Mr. Beckham

1:05:12walking his dog past Grand View

1:05:13Hospital. I, you know, it's good to see

1:05:15some of the folks out in the

1:05:17neighborhood. The mayor does her walks.

1:05:19I love that. Um, one thing I do want to

1:05:21speak about is when we come down here

1:05:23and speak and some of the things that we

1:05:25say, there are entities that we are

1:05:27speaking about that are not happy that

1:05:29we're speaking about them. One of those

1:05:31entities is the Dayton Police

1:05:32Department.

1:05:34The Dayton Police Department recently

1:05:36tried to give Mr. Gage a jaywalking

1:05:38ticket in the Oregon district. I just

1:05:41want everybody to hear that the Oregon

1:05:43District. Everyone is in the street.

1:05:46Everyone's crossing the street. How do

1:05:48you get a jaywalking ticket in the

1:05:50Oregon district?

1:05:52Are you wondering, Mr. Becket? I'm I'm

1:05:54wondering the same thing. Cuz people

1:05:57cross the streets back and forth across

1:05:59the stores, walking up and down the

1:06:01street. The police are in the street.

1:06:03They're crossing the street. I have a

1:06:04picture of a police car turned the wrong

1:06:07way on the wrong side of the street. So,

1:06:10what I'm saying to you is it's going to

1:06:12make people

1:06:14leery of coming down here speaking or

1:06:16having a voice. If every time you turn

1:06:19around, somebody is doing something that

1:06:21is not I mean, is being targeted. A

1:06:25jaywalking ticket, two bicycle tickets,

1:06:27there's people down here all day long.

1:06:29And I'mma be the first one to tell you I

1:06:31jaywalked on my way up in the commission

1:06:33tonight right from my car with the

1:06:36police sitting out there.

1:06:39I'm I'm just saying they pick and choose

1:06:41who they want to mess with when they do

1:06:43that. So they keep doing it. They're

1:06:46going to get a complaint from me and

1:06:47they don't want that. I was in law

1:06:50enforcement for 18 and a half years. I

1:06:51know the corruption. Don't do that.

1:06:56It's it's just terrible. It's terrible

1:06:58that it's hard to be in the city and you

1:07:00can't trust the people that's supposed

1:07:02to have your back.

1:07:04So, I just want to make the commission

1:07:06aware of that that a lot of that is

1:07:08happening. They are targeting people

1:07:10that come down here and speak against

1:07:11them and that's just should not be

1:07:14happening.

1:07:16I thank you for listening.

1:07:17>> Thank you, Miss Gree.

1:07:19>> I call to the podium Talis Gage.

1:07:291921 South Gettysburg.

1:07:32Okay. So, y'all been getting, she just

1:07:35mentioned it already. I've been getting

1:07:37popped left and right, though. Um, like

1:07:39she said, the Oregon district, they

1:07:40usually had a cones up because people be

1:07:42walking, man. So, I don't know why they

1:07:44grabbed me up. And then the officer even

1:07:47asked me if if I can go in your bag. And

1:07:49I said, I don't have anything in there,

1:07:51but you don't have no right to go in

1:07:52there. I don't want you to go in my bag.

1:07:54And he still tried to find a blind spot

1:07:56and look in my bag. That's against the

1:07:58law. That's not cool. And I mean, yeah,

1:08:01they pick and choose. It's like my third

1:08:02one ride my bike on the sidewalk. And

1:08:06while they giving while the while the

1:08:07officers was giving me a jaywalking

1:08:09ticket, it's other people doing it at

1:08:11the same time. I'm like, why I got five

1:08:13officers on me? One of y'all could peel

1:08:15off me and get that person or get that

1:08:16person. Why y'all all on me? and they

1:08:19yoke me up. Like if they want me to give

1:08:21them what they looking for, they want me

1:08:22to respond physically, then it' be bad

1:08:25for me, but it'd be bad for one of them,

1:08:27too. Um, something else I want to say is

1:08:31I want to know why we put our email

1:08:32address, all of that information when we

1:08:34sign up to speak. I ain't got one email

1:08:36or response about anything that we talk

1:08:38about in here. I don't even feel

1:08:40comfortable with put my address on there

1:08:41because everybody doesn't like me and I

1:08:43don't like everybody. So, I don't like

1:08:45putting my address on there. You know

1:08:46what I'm saying? So, that was another

1:08:48thing I wanted to mention. And I really

1:08:50I'm short today. I'm short today. But

1:08:53one thing I do want to say also is uh

1:08:55the the uh lots. Can somebody explain to

1:08:58me like the lots the lot links and stuff

1:09:00like that cuz I don't know how it works

1:09:01now. I know it used to be here. I want

1:09:03to get some of these lots. I want to do

1:09:05something with them, but I don't know

1:09:06how I'm supposed to go about doing it. I

1:09:08don't know the process now or procedure.

1:09:10And then with these bandos, it's a lot

1:09:11of bandos that we could be using. If the

1:09:13structure is up, if I just had the

1:09:15building, I figure out getting the funds

1:09:16for it myself. If y'all sitting on some

1:09:19of these buildings and y'all could just

1:09:20give it to somebody that's doing work in

1:09:21the community, then what's going on?

1:09:23What can we figure that out? Cuz I could

1:09:25put together something. I had the right

1:09:26people on my team to where we could have

1:09:28our own community center where we doing

1:09:31things or just ain't I just need the

1:09:33space and I can I can provide things

1:09:36that y'all say it's so hard to do. I can

1:09:38do it myself. I know I can. I just need

1:09:40the structure. And if y'all have the

1:09:41structure, then why not put it in the

1:09:43hands of somebody that could do

1:09:44something with it instead of letting it

1:09:45just be a eyesore out here and nothing

1:09:48happening. So, oh yeah,

1:09:51I got you know, Talis got to be Talis.

1:09:53I'm happy you about to be gone soon and

1:09:55your time is almost up, y'all. And it's

1:09:57good to see you, Fairchild, Mayor, and

1:09:59Beckham. Y'all have a good

1:10:00>> Thank you, Mr. Gage.

1:10:02>> I call to the podium Kyle Jones.

1:10:13How you doing? I'm Kyle Jones. I live in

1:10:15Westwood.

1:10:16First, I want to just uh commend you,

1:10:18mayor, for um just trying and having an

1:10:20open ear. Um we haven't seen that in the

1:10:24city in a long time. So, I just want to

1:10:25commend you. I know it's your first term

1:10:26and it takes time. So, just to

1:10:28acknowledge that that I have noticed

1:10:30that you are trying and your ears are

1:10:32open to the community and you are

1:10:33trying. Um but to continue on, um I came

1:10:36to the last evening, uh last evening

1:10:38commission meeting to express concerns

1:10:40about property management. I know we've

1:10:41been discussing it a lot today. Um in

1:10:44the maintenance in our communities, um I

1:10:46met with public works director Thomas

1:10:47Richie. Since our conversations, uh my

1:10:50initial concerns have been getting met

1:10:52and involving my property and the

1:10:55surrounding properties. Uh those

1:10:56concerns included uncut grass fields and

1:10:59vacant homes and bulk dumping in the

1:11:01alleyways. And so phase one for me is

1:11:04complete. Um my individual concerns are

1:11:07met and now uh phase two for me is next

1:11:10which is expanding these basic services

1:11:12throughout the community. Um I'm

1:11:14thankful that my voice is heard but this

1:11:17is something that the entire west side

1:11:18in Dayton is impacted by. It's a crisis

1:11:21that needs to be addressed. Um we have

1:11:24way too much investment money coming

1:11:26through the city of Dayton. We got

1:11:28multi-million dollar projects, but we

1:11:30don't have a budget to keep the

1:11:32city-owned property properly maintained.

1:11:34That's a problem. We have to come up

1:11:36with a plan. Like, we need to create

1:11:38campaigns and invest in marketing and

1:11:40better the community so the youth can

1:11:41grow up and visually see promotions of

1:11:44the community value. You know, maybe

1:11:46some ads on billboards or something like

1:11:48that. Um, adults can see proactive work

1:11:50going on in the community that can spark

1:11:53positive reaction and deterring litter.

1:11:55Um, funds need to go where they're

1:11:57supposed to go. Um, far far too many far

1:12:01far too often disenfranchised

1:12:03communities when we finally do get

1:12:05investment, it's mishandled. Um, like

1:12:08like like I call these road diets.

1:12:10Nobody asked for bike lanes, but yet we

1:12:12have these bike lanes and we've poured

1:12:14in these money, thousands and millions

1:12:16of dollars in these in these projects

1:12:18that no one's asking for and it's not

1:12:20benefiting. We have now now we have no

1:12:22emergency lane on Main Street. We have

1:12:23no emergency lane on Philadelphia. It's

1:12:26causing backup during rush hour. Um

1:12:28that's causing more traffic into the sub

1:12:31communities. Um you know, um it's just

1:12:34so much and and and even those projects,

1:12:36they didn't even do the construction

1:12:38right. You can't turn safely and things

1:12:40like that. So, it's going to have to get

1:12:42reconstructed or it's going to have to

1:12:43be taken out completely cuz we don't

1:12:45want it either or the money's being

1:12:47mismanaged. So that million dollars or

1:12:50whatever it was that we had coming into

1:12:52our community is now going back out of

1:12:54our community into the workers pockets.

1:12:56So the people who are doing the

1:12:58projects, they're winning, they're

1:13:00getting their money, they're getting

1:13:01paid, their business is doing good, but

1:13:03the people in the community are in a

1:13:05constant hamster wheel of being stuck in

1:13:07poverty. And that's all. Thank you.

1:13:10>> Thank you, Mr. Jones. That concludes

1:13:12speakers, your honor. Thank you, Miss

1:13:14McClendon. Miss Dixon, do you have any

1:13:17closing comments this evening?

1:13:18>> I have none. I have none, your honor.

1:13:19>> Thank you. Miss McClendon, do you have

1:13:20any closing comments?

1:13:22>> I have none, your honor.

1:13:23>> Thank you. And commissioners, do you

1:13:24have any closing comments? Commissioner

1:13:26Beckham.

1:13:27>> Um, just a few. Um, thank you, your

1:13:30honor. Uh, I want to thank the residents

1:13:32for their comments and concerns uh this

1:13:34evening. Obviously, there's a couple key

1:13:36things um to follow up on uh in relation

1:13:40to Mr. Mitchell. uh the property near

1:13:44your home. Uh certainly also just

1:13:47curious in terms of what the entity was

1:13:50that I guess uh took the property back.

1:13:53I'd love to understand the situation a

1:13:55bit more, but I I'm certainly trusting

1:13:57uh the administration to to get you the

1:14:00detail you need on how soon that that

1:14:02could make our demolition list. Um,

1:14:06also, um, just in addition to everything

1:14:09we heard tonight, um,

1:14:12uh,

1:14:14the city, yes, uh, Mr. Gage, uh, used to

1:14:16operate the lot links program. It went

1:14:18offline well before I got up here. Um,

1:14:21and that was due to, uh, changes in the

1:14:24market and obviously the county

1:14:26treasurer uh, beginning to collect the

1:14:28taxes on those properties. the the best

1:14:31path these days is um County Treasurer

1:14:34McManus's uh depository foreclosure

1:14:37program um which is an opportunity to

1:14:40both bid as well as try to foreclose

1:14:43properties through application. Um John

1:14:46McMahon is uh is is often uh I think uh

1:14:50here working with this commission to to

1:14:53try to identify the problematic

1:14:54properties that are that are happening

1:14:56uh throughout the city. So, I think

1:14:58there could be opportunity to get more

1:15:00creative uh moving forward, but that is

1:15:02the means by which you could acquire one

1:15:04of those properties uh today. Um other

1:15:07than that, Mr. Jones, thank you for your

1:15:09your comments and your passion. Um

1:15:11certainly appreciate uh you getting more

1:15:13engaged in our city. So, those are my

1:15:14comments. Thank you.

1:15:15>> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner

1:15:16Fairchild.

1:15:17>> Yeah, thank you, Commissioner. Thank

1:15:18you. I echo your comments and being

1:15:21grateful for the citizens who have come.

1:15:23Um,

1:15:26uh, city manager, I had two questions.

1:15:28One, do I recall correctly that

1:15:31Washington Park has a splash pad and

1:15:34it's being relocated and that was

1:15:36something we did tonight?

1:15:37>> Yes.

1:15:38>> Okay. I thought I thought so. So, um, to

1:15:40Mr. Keller, there is a splash pad there

1:15:43and we're relocating it. And so, by I I

1:15:47can't remember the timeline on those.

1:15:49End of 27 maybe.

1:15:51>> Yeah. So, a splash pad, a new splash pad

1:15:54is coming to Wash Park. Um, and then

1:15:58also for second question, um, I'm not

1:16:03I'm discounting the claims that water is

1:16:05coming up in people's basements because

1:16:08I grew up in a house that had a cracked

1:16:10foundation in our basement and water

1:16:11would flood all the time. But sewage

1:16:14should not be coming up because

1:16:18>> at one time there was a real there's an

1:16:20unnamed public servant sometime in our

1:16:22past who separated our sewage lines from

1:16:27our storm water line.

1:16:29>> So when it rains really hard that goes

1:16:32into a totally separate system

1:16:35>> that carries that storm water away. It

1:16:37doesn't go into the sew sewage which

1:16:40happens in some communities because they

1:16:42have the storm and the sewage combined.

1:16:44>> Correct. We don't have a combined

1:16:45system. There are situations that do

1:16:48cause a sewage backup. Our folks will go

1:16:51out and take a look at and try and

1:16:52understand if it is within our portion

1:16:56of the utility or a homeowner situation.

1:17:00So, if anybody's having those

1:17:01situations, they should call our our

1:17:04customer service line for the water

1:17:06department. will go out and evaluate.

1:17:07But you're right. Absolutely. We have

1:17:09separate systems we don't have combined,

1:17:12which the majority of this country deals

1:17:14with um all the time with the heavy

1:17:17rains.

1:17:18>> Yeah. So, in saying that, there's two

1:17:20things. One is if it's sewage, that's a

1:17:23whole different issue. It should not be

1:17:25related to a storm. Mhm.

1:17:27>> And whoever that unnamed public servant

1:17:30was saved us

1:17:33>> billions of dollars because cities now

1:17:35are paying to go in and separate those

1:17:38lines.

1:17:39>> Absolutely.

1:17:39>> And it's expensive

1:17:41>> or trying to find a way to pay for them.

1:17:43Correct.

1:17:43>> Yeah. Um voting was mentioned. The

1:17:47deadline for registering to vote is

1:17:51Monday, October 5th. So, I encourage

1:17:54everyone to check make you can go online

1:17:56Secretary of State's office, check if

1:17:59you're registered. If you're not

1:18:00registered or need to update your

1:18:02registration, um you can do that uh

1:18:04before the deadline on October 5th. The

1:18:07board of elections down at the McGomery

1:18:10County Building is open to 900 p.m. that

1:18:12evening on October 5th, so you can get

1:18:15your registration done and then early

1:18:17vote begins on October 6th. And then one

1:18:20last announcement, there will be a

1:18:22resource fair at Ruskin Elementary

1:18:25School from 11:00 am to 2 pm on October

1:18:283rd. Welcome Dayton Community Engagement

1:18:31in the Dayton Mediation Center will be

1:18:33giving over $1,000 in prizes. And

1:18:36there's free food, games, and giveaways.

1:18:39So encourage people to come out. You can

1:18:41get more information at 937333679.

1:18:47>> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner

1:18:48Shaw. Yeah, thank you. I do also want to

1:18:50echo my colleagues comments and yeah, I

1:18:52I have heard about um sewage coming up,

1:18:54but those are extraordinary

1:18:56circumstances. It seemed like um well,

1:18:59there are some extraordinary

1:19:00circumstances there, but it does happen

1:19:02unfortunately. Um so, thank you for

1:19:05centering um that. Um I want to

1:19:07congratulate all the winners, I guess,

1:19:10of the uh Dayton Walk of Fame today. Um,

1:19:14Commissioner Beckham joined me uh and

1:19:16many others in celebrating them and the

1:19:18the great history of this city. Uh, and

1:19:20I just want to um commend the work that

1:19:23um that uh the right Dumbar Inc. um puts

1:19:27this event on every year and it's just

1:19:29um it's fantastic to see. Uh, brief

1:19:33comment. The Mine Valley Urban League is

1:19:35preparing for its 2026 College and

1:19:37Career Youth Conference taking place on

1:19:39October 3rd from 10:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. at

1:19:41Central State University on the Dayton

1:19:43campus, Central State West. The

1:19:45conference will provide students with

1:19:47valuable resources, information, and

1:19:49connections to help them explore

1:19:51opportunities, and prepare for life

1:19:52after graduation. So, I hope um people

1:19:54take advantage of that great opportunity

1:19:56that they do every year. Uh, and that's

1:19:58all I have. Mayor, thank you.

1:19:59>> Thank you, Commissioner.

1:20:02Just a couple of brief comments this

1:20:04evening. Uh first and foremost would

1:20:06like to thank all of the residents that

1:20:07came out and then the staff. Thank you

1:20:09for your leadership and your commitment.

1:20:11Um Mr. Huggin, you raised a number of

1:20:13points as mentioned commit by

1:20:15Commissioner Fairchild. Uh registration

1:20:18is in fact voter registration last day

1:20:21too is Monday. Thank you for noting

1:20:23that. I cannot believe still that we're

1:20:25in October already. Um and then Mr.

1:20:27Huggin, you raised a point about a

1:20:29police report. Miss Dixine, if we could

1:20:31get an update on what that process is. I

1:20:34know I've received a couple of um

1:20:36inquiries as to how one is to obtain a

1:20:40police report. Um and I think we had

1:20:42this conversation before, but if you can

1:20:44just remind me of that process and then

1:20:46I think it'll be one second. One second,

1:20:49please. We can have a conversation after

1:20:51the meeting. Thank you, Mr. Huggin. Um

1:20:53Mr. Starks as well as Mr. Jones, thank

1:20:55you both for your your passion, your

1:20:57leadership. Uh I too share your same

1:21:00sentiments. Um I am deeply concerned

1:21:03about the city o overall the the number

1:21:06of challenges that we are facing the

1:21:08aesthetics uh the blight of structures

1:21:11all of the things that you both

1:21:12mentioned I am deeply concerned. So, it

1:21:15is my charge to my colleagues that as we

1:21:18start to move into the end of this year,

1:21:21moving forward to into the new year,

1:21:23that we really try to identify a way

1:21:26forward on how we're going to address uh

1:21:29the blighted structures, the overall

1:21:32conditions of the city as a whole. And

1:21:34and mind you, um we do not have the

1:21:37magic wand. We don't have deep pockets.

1:21:39Like there are a number of various

1:21:41different things that we are being faced

1:21:42with. the cuts from the state and

1:21:44federal level. Um the needs are greater

1:21:47and the resources are thin, which we all

1:21:49know that we're all feeling it

1:21:51personally in our own homes. Um and so,

1:21:53but I do believe that it's an

1:21:54opportunity for us to think outside of

1:21:56the box. Um hence the reason why

1:21:58Commissioner Joseph is not here this

1:22:00evening is because he's traveling with a

1:22:03Dayton delegate to do some additional

1:22:05work to look at other municipalities

1:22:08across the state and figure out and

1:22:10rather adopt some of those best

1:22:11practices. I will be doing the same next

1:22:13week. Um, so we are constantly working.

1:22:16Commissioner Beckham, Commissioner Shaw

1:22:18was just uh in the DC area doing some

1:22:21work as well trying to identify how do

1:22:23we really start bringing funding back to

1:22:25the city of Dayton to address the ills

1:22:27and the social concerns that you all

1:22:29have noted this evening that we see on a

1:22:31daily basis. It pains me. I just spoke

1:22:33with a class at Mound Street. Um, and to

1:22:36hear

1:22:38those young people and how they how they

1:22:42feel about the city,

1:22:45it it the hopelessness.

1:22:48I It truly pains me to hear our students

1:22:52say that they don't believe that their

1:22:55government cares about them or that the

1:22:58conditions of their neighborhoods, it it

1:23:00doesn't matter. and that they're

1:23:01constantly seeing abandoned blighted

1:23:04structures and fire pals. Growing up in

1:23:07Residents Park in the Fair View

1:23:09neighborhood, I didn't know what a bando

1:23:11was. I had no clue. So, it is again,

1:23:16we're we're faced with these challenging

1:23:18times. We note that, but it's an

1:23:20opportunity for us to think outside of

1:23:21the box. So, thank you, Miss Screech,

1:23:23for noting the flight plan. Um, and I

1:23:27appreciate my colleagues their support

1:23:28on that. We look forward to uh reviewing

1:23:31and vetting the recommendations that I

1:23:33know that all three advisory committees

1:23:35will provide and that we again will

1:23:37hopefully be able to provide um some

1:23:39legislation or some some direction on

1:23:42how we address the the ills in our

1:23:44community. But thank you and Mr. Gage

1:23:46for bringing that to our attention um

1:23:48your concerns. Mr. Keller, thank you for

1:23:51bringing your and raising your concerns

1:23:53to our attention as well. Um, and you're

1:23:55right in terms of the reflective markers

1:23:57on some of the areas that the street

1:23:59diet uh projects in downtown Dayton

1:24:01downtown Dayton in downtown. So, Miss

1:24:03Dixine, if we could have a report or if

1:24:05someone from um civil engineer can take

1:24:08a closer look at some of the areas in

1:24:11which Mr. Keller noted as well.

1:24:15U Mr. Mitchell, thank you. as as noted,

1:24:17we will follow up and to get an idea as

1:24:19to where we are with that property 246

1:24:23Conover again to see if it is in fact on

1:24:25our nuisance list. Um, and I also would

1:24:28like to acknowledge

1:24:31the uh installation of the new uh pastor

1:24:36for Macedonia.

1:24:38um and him and his uh wife, his family

1:24:40is and now joined the Dayton community

1:24:43and that is uh Reverend Aaron G. McCoy.

1:24:47Um I had an opportunity to to attend the

1:24:50installation this past weekend. And I

1:24:52also want to uh give condolences to a

1:24:56civil rights pioneer in the Dayton area

1:24:59um and and the the passing of Pastor

1:25:02Walter J. Dunson um and his homegoing

1:25:06celebration uh that took place this past

1:25:09um weekend as well. And then I would

1:25:12also like to uh give my condolences to

1:25:15the to the ODM family um and the recent

1:25:18passing of Miss Kiana Odin. Um and so

1:25:21with no further business to come before

1:25:22this commission, this meeting is now

1:25:24majour.

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