2026-11-04 - City Commission

The Dayton City Commission meeting will now come to order. Would you all please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. Uh this evening the invocation will be given

by Commissioner Joseph. >> Thank you, Mayor. Dear Lord, thank you for your many blessings. Please give us the wisdom, humility, strength to make the right decisions for our people. Amen. >> Amen. >> 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. >> Ms. McClendon, may we

please have a roll call? Mayor Turner-Sloss. >> Aye. >> Commissioners Joseph. >> Aye. >> Shaw. >> Aye. >> Mayor Child. >> Aye. >> Beckham. >> Aye. >> May I have a motion to approve the minutes of the

October 28th, 2026 meeting? >> So moved, Your Honor. >> Second the motion. >> It has been properly moved and seconded to approve the minutes of the October 28th, 2026 meeting. All in favor say aye. >>

Aye. >> All opposed say no. Any abstentions? Ms. McClendon, are there any communications or petitions this evening? >> There are none, Your Honor. >> And this evening we have a We would like rather to

present a proclamation for a domestic violence awareness. I would like to call to the podium Ms. Barbara Ward, President and CEO of YWCA Dayton. >> Good evening. >> Good evening. Ms. McClendon, please

proceed. >> From the Commission Office of the City of Dayton, Ohio. Whereas domestic violence is a serious issue that affects individuals and families across all backgrounds, ages, and socioeconomic

circumstances, leaving lasting impacts on survivors, children, and communities. And domestic violence can take many forms, including physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, and financial abuse.

And every individual deserves to live free from violence, fear, and intimidation. And whereas, domestic violence awareness month serves as an opportunity to honor survivors, remember those whose lives

has been lost, raise awareness of available resources, and encourage conversations that help break the cycle of abuse. And whereas, since 1977, YWCA Dayton has provided critical support to individuals

and families affected by domestic violence through emergency shelter, a 24-hour crisis hotline, safety planning, and services that promote healing, stability, and independence. And whereas, the city

of Dayton recognizes the dedication of YWCA Dayton victim advocates, service providers, and community partners who work to protect survivors, provide pathways to safety, and prevent domestic violence.

And whereas, ending domestic violence requires a collective commitment to education, prevention, accountability, and ensuring that survivors are heard, believed, and supported. Now therefore, we, the

commission of the city of Dayton, do hereby proclaim October 2026 as domestic violence awareness month. >> Wonderful. Thank you. Congratulations. Do you have any comments or anything, Ms. Stewart? >>

I do. I just have a few remarks that is that pleases the commission. Good evening, Mayor Turner Sauce and commissioners and of course members of our beloved community. I do want to thank you all for

this proclamation and the opportunity to speak more about YWCA Dayton. And I thank you all for recognizing the lives, families, and futures at the heart of domestic violence awareness month. October

may have has ended, but our responsibility has not. The purple lights may have come down, the awareness events may have concluded, but tonight someone in our community is still deciding whether it is

safe to go home or whether they can safely leave. And I would like for all of us to imagine a mother awake at 2:00 in the morning. Her children are sleeping. She has packed a bag, but she is trying to

answer questions no one should have to face. Where will I go? How will I get to work? Can I keep my children safe? And what happens if we're found? And this is an illustration, but it is also the

choices that our survivors have to make, and they are real. And our community's response must be ready when that person reaches for help. The Ohio Domestic Violence Network's latest fatality report

accounted for 134 deaths in domestic violence related incidents between July 1st of 2025 through June 30th, 2026, including 80 89 victims and 45 perpetrators. And in nearly half of those cases, the

relationships were ending or had recently ended. And 53 children witnessed their parents' murder. So behind each number is a family whose life has been permanently changed. And that is why awareness

must lead to sustained action. And at YWCA Dayton, our mission is to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. And we put that mission into practice

through our emergency shelter, our have our housing advocacy and support that helps survivors move towards greater safety and stability. And in 2025, our emergency domestic violence shelter served 186

individuals and provided 13,339 nights of safety. Our rapid rehousing program assisted 97 individuals towards stable housing and our permanent supportive housing program served 73 individuals across

65 apartments. And those are distinct measures of our work and each represents people receiving support at a different point in their journey. A night in shelter can provide time to breathe and

consider the next steps. Housing assistance can help someone establish a home beyond an abusive relationship and an advocate can help a survivor navigate an unfamiliar and intimidating process. And

these services that we provide at YWCA Dayton depend on trained people, reliable facilities, and resources available when they are needed. Safety requires infrastructure and it will also requires

relationships. And we cannot ask a survivor to reach out and then leave them to navigate disconnected systems alone. And that's why partnerships matter. And in September with the support of the

Altrusa Club of Dayton, we dedicated the Lorean Reed Survivor Advocacy Center, an onsite resource supporting survivors as they navigate protection orders, court processes, and legal advocacy. It is a

concrete example of community generosity helping reduce a barrier to safety. And our work alongside Artemis and other community partners is also essential. We bring different services and expertise

with a shared responsibility to strengthen the support available to survivors. October's Domestic Violence Mapping Summit created another opportunity for service providers and justice system partners

to examine how we how our responses connect and where the gaps still remain. And at our Reimagine Voices Against Violence gathering, I was encouraged to see people from different sectors come together

to listen, to learn, and to stand along survivors. The work now is to carry those connections beyond an event or October. Domestic violence affects public safety, housing, health, employment, and

children's well-being and our responses must reflect that. And so, a survivor may need shelter, transportation, legal advocacy, and childcare, a safe home, and an employer who understands why

flexibility matters. And for survivors facing racism, disability-related barriers, or economic hardships, accessing those resources can be even more difficult, and our commitment must include making

help accessible and treating every person with dignity. And so, to the commission, and to our beloved community, I offer three requests. First, let's keep survivor safety on the agenda throughout the

year. Second, let's sustain the investment. Emergency shelter, housing assistance, trained advocates, and safe buildings require dependable funding. We are committed to accountability and responsible

stewardship, but we ask our public, philanthropic, and corporate partners to remain engaged in sustaining this community resource. And third, help make the next connections. For an employer, that may

mean helping a survivor remain employed. For a housing partner, it may mean opening a pathway to a safe home. For a donor, it may mean providing flexible support when a family's needs do not fit

neatly within funding categories. And for a neighbor, it may begin with listening without judgment and helping someone find support. And so, you do not have to know every answer to be part of the

response. And for those seeking safety, YWCA Dayton's crisis hotline is available 24 hours a day at 937-222-SAFE. And if you or someone you know needs help, our team is available to discuss options

and safety planning. So, mayor and commissioners, thank you for this recognition, your support, and for the opportunity to keep this issue before our community, because I truly believe a child should

never have to learn how to hide before learning how to dream. A survivor should not have to choose between safety or a place to live, and our commitment to helping them should never depend on a month

of the year. And so let this proclamation tonight be a commitment we carry forward in our policies, our partnerships, our budgets, and our actions. And again, October may have ended, but our

responsibility has not. So thank you. >> Well said. Thank you, Ms. Ward. Commissioners, any questions or comments? >> Uh yes, Your Honor. Ms. Ward, good to see you. Great to have you here tonight uh

for uh an incredibly critical and life-saving cause. Um just appreciate the work you all do. Um I had the pleasure of joining you all at the Voices Against Violence event. Um it was rich, right? And I

think it was um just a reminder of why YWCA exists. Um so uh congratulations on on taking the helm and uh just look forward to supporting you all. >> Thank you, Commissioner Faircloth. >> Yeah, no.

Thank you for the work you do on a daily basis and the lives that you impact and change. You know, one of the things we're very mindful of as leaders of this community is violence is painful and it

takes many iterations, whether it's a gun in the street or a fist in a home, >> Yeah. >> the cruelty of poverty or um you know, the brutality of war. >> Mhm. >> And all of our citizens are impacted in

one way or another. And um in the midst of all that, we're glad that you're a beacon of light um holding up um a different way and bringing direct services to people in need, particularly those who

are most vulnerable. So thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Commissioner Shaw. >> Yes, Ms. Ward. Thank you for your continued advocacy uh on behalf of women and families in our community. Um this work

is uh needed, unfortunately. Uh will continue to be needed. But voices like yours and your family um uh they're in good hands. So thank you for the work. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. Commissioner

Joseph. >> Sure, Ms. Ward. >> uh like Commissioner Sotomayor ago, congratulations for taking the helm of such a a needed organization. Vaunted and old and and needed in the community. Uh I think your

third point is probably the one thing that we can help with the most is making sure to make the connections, to make sure people know the services are available, make connections with donors,

potential people to help uh because these sort of things, as you know, they they thrive in the shadows and in the quiet. We need to bring them out. So I really appreciate your work and advocating for

that. >> Thank you. And I would just want to again congratulate you in the your new leadership role. I think it's what month three? Three? Really? Month three? All right. Well, nonetheless,

congratulations. Thank you for being here. Your words um were well spoken. Um and again, as mentioned, there are many ways that we support. And I will also again just to your point, Commissioner, we

just awarded a an agreement, a service agreement for YWCA probably about a couple weeks ago. So the commitment is there. And And so we appreciate all that you do and continue to do. And again, that

number for the crisis hotline is in fact 937-222-SAFE. And so that is 222-7233. So thank you for your continued work and leadership. >> Thanks for having me. >> Thank you, Commissioner. All right, Ms.

McLendon, are there any additions, deletions, or comments to the calendar this evening? >> Yes, your Honor. I would like to request the addition of legislation pertaining to the public hearing at the

desire of the commission. That is all. >> Thank you. Ms. Dixstine, are there any additions, deletions, or comments to the calendar this evening? >> Uh your Honor, we I have no additions or deletions.

Uh I do have uh a I would like to highlight one item which is actually two items. It's our resolution uh and the uh first reading of the ordinance that deal with putting our temporary budget in place

uh and to uh make a brief presentation, I'd like to call forward Abby Jones, director of our management and budget office. >> Thank you, city manager. Good evening, mayor, commissioners, city manager,

clerk, and chief of staff. Uh my name is Abby Jones. As the city manager mentioned, director of management budget, and before you this evening is the first reading of the 2027 city manager's proposed

budget resolution as well as the temporary appropriation ordinance. Um we do have a few slides to briefly walk through what was presented to you at the October 21st budget work session, including the

total budget and the um the general fund budget, how we balance 2027, um the outlook beyond 2027, um the cash reserve, and how we would like to work with you on priorities going forward. All right, so

this is the budget overview. The total 2027 budget across all funds, as you can see in this chart on the left hand side, is $623.7 million. At the October 21st work session, we presented non-major

grants, and other special revenue funds that were not part of that presentation. And as you can see here, most of the budget isn't available for general city services. The general fund is $243.8

million, which is about 39% of the total, and it pays for police, fire, public works, recreation, and most day-to-day operations. Most of the rest has to be used for specific purposes. Water, sewer,

storm and aviation makes up $233.3 million and are paid for by rates and fees and can only be used for utilities and the airport operation. Internal service funds, which is $61.4 million or 10% of the

budget are charges between departments. So those dollars are already counted in the department's budget. On the right hand side, chart shows the general fund specifically. And as I mentioned earlier

in the finance committee briefing, general fund has 10 revenue categories. Income tax is about 2/3 or 65% of the general fund at $159.4 million. And as you can see in that little orange sliver, about

$9.9 million or 4% is one-time money which I'll cover next. So how did we balance 2027's budget? 2027 is balanced with $14.3 million in solutions and 69% of that is one-time. One-time meaning that

once these solutions are used, they are no longer available. And as you can see here, one of the largest one-time solution is ARPA interest earnings. As we discussed earlier, the higher interest rates

has allowed us to gain that benefit over time from that $138 million that we received from ARPA which has resulted in $5 million in interest earnings. And so we're utilizing those interest earnings to

balance the budget for 2027. We are also using $1.3 million of the FEMA tornado reimbursement and about $560,000 of unclaimed funds. We have also lower a fringe benefit rate um which resulting in

$330,700 for the general fund. Now those fringe benefits are also a one-time solutions because one time once we lower that fringe benefit rate um does not necessarily mean we're going to be able to

continue to lower that in the future. Uh depending on how the cost trends um we might even have to increase that fringe benefit rate in the future. And then in addition to those um we are also

utilizing $2.7 million of use of cash reserve. Of the new revenue and cost reduction items, the highlighted ones needed commission priority action, which totals to about $616,000 in total. And those

include the base collection rate change as you can see it changed from CPI to ECI, um ending the DATV contract as well as reduction in civil service and HRC since both of those are commission

agencies. The other $3.78 million in new revenue and cost reductions are administrative changes made within departments and approved by the city manager. So looking ahead, current projection shows a

$16.7 million gap by 2029 if nothing changes. Just to provide a bit of context, from 2021 to 2024, as you know, the additional ARPA funding allowed us to stand up the Gate and Recovery Plan, the ARPA

revenue replacement along with that strong income tax growth that we saw over the last few years, and CARES funds also allowed us to invest in those one-time capital investments which total about $18

to $22 million per year. Starting in 2026, expenditures are projected to outpace current revenue trends by about $4 million. And the city plans to use $4 million from the cash reserve to balance the

budget this year. Of course, we'll have a better estimate as we get closer towards the end of the year. Assuming wages grow approximately 2% from 2027 to 2029 and accounting for health insurance cost

increases as well as step and merit increases, expenditures in totality are expected to grow approximately 2.9% annually. While revenues are expected to grow approximately 1.7% and as you can see in

this chart, the gap widens starting in 2027 which requires us to balance the budget with nearly 10 million in one-time solutions that are not available on an ongoing basis. So what does that mean for

our use of cash reserve? Our policy minimum is 8.7 weeks um and you can see that with that dashed line. Um we expect about 12.4 weeks at the end of 2026 which is down from 13.1 weeks in 2025. With

continued use of cash reserve to balance the budget in 2027, we expect to have 11.8 weeks at the end of Without further solutions, the reserve reaches the minimum in 2028 as you can see here, 8.8

weeks and falls to about 5 weeks in 2029. That gives us less than 2 years to put lasting solutions in place. And with that, I'm going to hand it over to the city manager to talk through how we can use

this time well. >> So mayor and commissioners, um first let me just say I'm really proud of the work that the departments have done to get us to this point. You know, addressing a 14 million dollar

gap takes a lot of challenge uh and creativity and the directors um started working on this in February so that we could come to you with some solutions and start the really critical work that we'll

need to be done for the next couple of years. So as we consider the financial challenges ahead, I want to speak directly to the structural imbalance that has been referenced with regard to this budget

and budgets in the past. Structural imbalances don't occur overnight and they are not solved overnight. They require focus and discipline and a multi-year effort. And they are not unique to Dayton.

There are municipalities all across the country that are dealing and struggling with flat revenues and escalated costs. Just like in your household budgets, when costs outweigh the revenues, you must

identify additional revenues and or reduce costs. Government's no different. It just occurs at a much larger scale and more complex scale. And it's also important to note that structural imbalances

will not, cannot be addressed by a city manager and administration alone. The City Commission provides policy direction that directs the administration. Not everything can be a priority and we must

return to the community priorities and the programs and services that support those priorities. We must work together, the commission, the community, and the administration to prioritize these

investments that are most important. And then work to identify new revenue opportunities and finally have the intestinal fortitude to reduce investments of lesser priority. Now, I know as I've been

around a long time, as you all know, this is hard work. Nobody, nobody likes to cut. Nobody likes to take away services that may have been provided or supported over the last 10, 15, 20 years. It is

really hard. And you know every year we come and ask you to affirm the priorities at the very beginning after our survey and so that we have direction to be able to move forward with our budgeting

processes. Given the amount of structural imbalance we have, I recognize that that is again incredibly challenging to come up and say what are the policy, what's the policy direction. So we are going

to continue the work that we started this year. We are going to do some of the really hard work the administration has to do, right? We need to cost out services that we're providing so that we can

communicate to you, you know, what those costs, what those services are costing to provide to a more detailed data point. We need to be able to talk about the number of services number of residents

that are being served by that. We need to continue to align our our outcome measures like we started with this last budget with our survey data. There's a lot of work that we need to do in the

administration. But we also need to assure that we are engaging the community and we are bringing the community along in this conversation. So we are already looking at ways as we work to complete the

2027 budget. We know we have to on the 2028 budget in earnest, and we are working towards um some recommendations to bring to you all to provide direction on how we engage the community in a really

meaningful way to prioritize amongst those priorities that have been identified and that are brought to you every year so that we know exactly where the community is sitting. What are they valuing?

What are what services are they most um valuing? Are they dependent on? Are they, you know, utilizing? To provide some of that data as well because again, we all have to work together. The

administration, the new city manager, the commission, and the community have to work together. And why? Not just to solve a structural imbalance, that's really important, but if you want to bring new

programs or initiatives or services and as our environment shifts because it it's not it's not static, it's very dynamic, we have to create space in the operational budget for you to be able to pursue

those things. And right now we don't have any space. We're dealing with, you know, $14 million, $16 million gaps, and those one-time services or one-time funding sources are opportunity losses for us

to be able to come and do other important investments that you and the community may value or, you know, prioritize. So trying to establish a framework as we work together to solve this is what the

work that we will start and need to be continued and again, probably over the next year or two because that is the easier way to do things organically. You've heard me say before, we try to create

long runways so that we can um reduce positions if we need to reduce positions by attrition so we're not disrupting families and employees lives and working through that. So I just wanted to take a

moment to to kind of help put things in perspective in a frame layout what we're already thinking about and we'll be bringing to you for further conversation and get direction on as we are closing so

we're as we're closing up the 27 budget already preparing and thinking about in a really proactive strategic way about the 2028 budget. So I will turn it back over to Abby to let her finish the

presentation. >> All right so these are the upcoming dates um I just wanted to remind you all um today of course is the first reading of the 2027th budget resolution as well as the temporary

appropriation. November 11th is the second reading of that appropriation and the resolution and then on January 20th we are going to hold a public hearing during the commission meeting. Following that

on February 17th we will bring forward the first reading of the 2027th original appropriation and the second reading will be on February 24th. This appropriation must legally be passed before April

1st deadline per the state law so that we have operating budget in place for the year. And this appropriation also is a non-emergency which means it is effective 30 days after um and that's the last

date March 26th is that 30 days after it will be effective. Any questions? >> Commissioners any questions? Commissioner Beckham. >> Thank you honor. No questions. I I just appreciate the the

thoughtfulness and detail of of today's presentation. Um, I certainly feel that the slide in regards to our shrinking cash reserves is sobering. Uh, and I I just look forward to the process by which

we um of course develop a stronger framework on our priorities. So I'm just thank you Mr. Jones and um Ms. Dixon. Those are my comments. >> Commissioner Fairchild. >> Yeah. Thank you Ms. Jones for the

presentation and the work that lies behind it. Thank you city manager for the explanation and the context. I think in the midst of that I heard a lot of invitation and opportunities. Uh, invitation

for the commission to exert more leadership in identifying priorities. Um, invitation for us to set some clearer objectives so we can measure well the outcomes of the budget so we know what's

effective, what's not effective. Um, recognize it's going to be hard work. Um, but um I think you you you said it well. You know we've faced structural budget deficits for a long time. >> Mhm. >> And

um you know hindsights um you know always 2020 and could we have had a longer runway to address this? Possibly, but we're here now. And um so I have one question that can't be answered tonight, but as

we go through the remaining of these process have we done enough this year to start addressing that structural um imbalance? Because the shorter the window gets the harder the cuts are going to be. I

think I I think that's something similar to what you said. And so I'm just that's the the kind of question as we go through this process of and and you know the the clear numbers that you projected

and the deficit and that structural balance have we gotten to the right place? >> And commissioner just if I may that some of that to your question some of that work has occurred this year as you can

see on the slide with the new revenue sources that we have identified and the cost reduction measures that we have put in place. These are not one time things. These will continue as we move forward.

So if it wasn't for these measures for bringing in additional revenue or reduce costs our imbalance or our deficit would even would have been larger. >> Right. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you

commissioner. Commissioner Shaw. >> Yes. Thank you Ms. Jones for that this is a great presentation and and really kind of lays out clearly where we are. I think we we knew a lot of this but this makes

it much more clear and especially for the for the broader community to kind of take a look at this. And also Ms. Dixon thank you for kind of the the way that you talk about this. It's very similar to

a household budget that we all have. We have to live within our means and and make very difficult choices. We are all going through that now. So one thing I didn't hear you center and that I I will

kind of highlight right now is the need to protect our credit rating because it allows one allows an organization like ours to be flexible and to be able to take advantage of opportunities when they

they come on down the line. So I I appreciate you for the work the administration the staff for the for all your very hard work over these many many months and look forward to again like commissioner

Beckham said the process that will go forward to make very hard decisions. Thank you. >> Thank you commissioner Joseph. >> I want to add my thanks to to you and your staff city manager well done. We

appreciate the the work that it takes and the time that it takes to do this. I I just want to actually if I could finish your thought commissioner about the importance of maintaining our credit

rating, our bond rating. Not only allows us to borrow money and take advantage of those opportunities. If we have a good credit rating, a good bond rating, we can borrow money cheaply and it saves

money down the road and that sort of thing really matters in the future. So I wanted to finish your your thought there. >> Thank you. Appreciate that. >> Appreciate it. That's all. >> Thank you. Thank

you Ms. Patel Jones as well as Ms. Dixtine. I appreciate the the presentation. Thank you for the slides. Couple of questions. One, will this be available to the commission as well and will it be also

noted on the city site? >> Sure. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. And then couple questions or comments rather, excuse me to as my colleagues are already alluded to, there are opportunities in terms of

the level of of engagement and I appreciate you highlighting that Ms. Dixtine and making sure that again that the the priorities are set forth and there is in fact direction set by this body by way of

the public in their their engagement in this process overall. Correct me if I'm wrong, a lot of the data as we start to move into 2028 a lot of that those data points that data set is collected around

August time frame. So again a lot of that work is even though you all are thinking ahead right as it for 2028, there is a process that goes along with that you all are collecting at least six months

of data to really look at the projections. And could you speak to that? >> we start in August because we want to have at least six months of of performance data around our revenues and our expenses.

But the work we start early is is the extra work that is if truly evaluating and digging into those programs and services, are there more efficient ways for us to deliver those services? What is the

impact if staffing is reduced? Does it does it a service delivery? Does it just lengthen a service delivery? There's a lot of just pure data driven analysis that the staff can do ahead of time and

will be doing as well as um the prioritization of the priorities is really key, right? And making sure that there's great alignment from the commission to the community to the administration on the

prioritization of those. Like, you know, this group is absolutely untouchable and is most important. This group is kind of not so important and then there's a whole middle group, right? I mean, that's

the kind of work that we need to do. We need to do with the community, with the administration, with the commission to be able to provide that policy direction that we can then take and start looking

and digging at the ways that we support your priorities while amending some of those service delivery options that are less prioritized, right? But that's a that's it's still really difficult work. Um

you know, the communities or the organizations proud of the services they're delivering. They don't want to cut. They don't want to lose staff. They don't want to deal with that just like, you know, I

haven't met an elected official yet that gets excited about, yes, cut this. You know, because you have new ideas and new things that you want to implement. And so I think that that is the balance that

we have to do and by collaborating together and working together and really starting in the front aligning around that is where we get the the greatest direction. >> Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate the

additional additional context. Ms. Patel Jones, too, it just remind me um even though we just left the the quarter three finance committee meeting work session rather this afternoon, but it was noted

and one of the the charts that was presented is that we're seeing that our our income um has in fact there's it it has flattened and so therefore is not growing. I think right now we're at what? 68

69% whereas at one point we were at looking at a high of 73 74% and now we're seeing that that dip if you will um in terms of the the income projections that we're seeing. So it also is noted that we

need to make sure that we're also attracting the city of Dayton so that we can find other ways and means to bring more revenue into the city so that we're able to in fact have um the number of

initiatives and you do tell, please. I'm I'm looking at your facial expression. Do you have something to add to that? Is that incorrect? >> No, no. You You make you make a good point. It's not just

cost cutting measures, right? It's also the revenue opportunities and that's why as you can see here the uh 2.7 million that's highlighted in new revenue um that's the organization's work um as the

city manager mentioned since February um and we're going to continue to look for those opportunities because it's the balance creating the balance between the two. Um reducing costs is not always the

answer. Um we also have to look for opportunities where we can generate additional revenue. >> Absolutely. >> And And Mayor, the the difference between the 69 and the 74 that was our reliance on

income tax. >> right. >> actually the lower that number goes, that means we're diversifying our revenue sources, which is a good thing. >> Right. >> Right? So we want to keep growing revenue and be

creative to diversify so we're not so dependent on income tax because that's very fluctuating as you see every every quarter. >> Absolutely. Thank you. But all is not lost. It could be very sombering,

right? It could be very bleak, but there is opportunities. Who's to say that we won't get another $138 million, right? >> And I want And again to that that's a really good point, Mayor. To put it in

perspective, $16 million is like a 6% cut to our budget, our general fund budget. There are businesses that make those kinds of decisions all the time, right? So it is not We are not panicking. This

is not a crises. But it is something that we all have to lift together on if we want to create space for new. >> Yes. >> Right? And so I I That's a really good point. >> Thank you. I appreciate that.

Thank you, Ms. Martel Jones, and thank you to the entire leadership team, the staff. I know again to your point that many of the the departments, they rolled up their sleeves. They were very

innovative and creative, and so we we greatly appreciate that work. Thank you. All right, Ms. McClendon, are there any citizens that are registered to speak this evening on calendar items? >> Yes,

your honor. There are eight citizens registered to speak on calendar items. I would like to state that there is a three-minute time limit. As you address the commission, we ask that you state your

name and address for the record. At that time, I will turn on the green light. When the green light comes on, you will have three minutes to speak. After you have spoken two and a half minutes, a

yellow light will come on, and you will have 30 seconds remaining to speak. When the red light comes on, you will be asked to cease your comments and to take your seat. To the audience in attendance,

please be mindful this is a business meeting, and we kindly request that during this portion of the meeting, you refrain from any hand clapping, finger snapping, and conversation that would prevent

the city commission from hearing the speaker's comments. I call to the podium Ebony Hastings. >> Ebony Hastings, >> Good evening. >> Good evening. So um that presentation that we just went over, I can

think of a bunch of ways that we could ask for money and get money back, starting with Sierra Nevada. We need to fully understand what our return of investment is for the millions of dollars that

we've invested into it. Shelly and I met last week and she gave me some insight, but I think it's imperative just as we done today that we take and we capitalize on these type of learning

opportunities so that the community can understand and that is how you establish partnership. It doesn't look like manipulation. It doesn't look like um a lack of transparency and we fully understand

the why and where the money comes from. That first chart is exactly what I've been asking for since I came down when Mayor Mims was in place. Not enough time, y'all, but we going to get there. We

going to get there. So the temporary appropriations for 2027, the agenda lists no dollar amount. That's 3222 21-26. What total spending does the ordinance authorize and does it include a draw from the

cash reserve? In a written follow-up to our October 29th meeting, city manager stated that the city has drawn 2.7 million to 4 million annually from the cash reserve to cover structural gaps and that

income tax makes up 65 to 68% of the general fund rev revenue. Item six, resolution 6966-26 for 18200,000 718 dollars, the Department of Justice. The agenda does not state what program this grant

funds or which department will receive it. Please state both. Item four, the 20,000 dollar settlement for the moral obligation claim. 2025-142. The agenda does not describe the claim. Please state

what the claim involved and which fund will pay the settlement. Item two, fire station 16 renovations. 1 million 947 thousand 428 dollars. Please state which fund pays for this contract. $95,250.

Please state what these vehicles will be used for. And there's more. Um but I'm going to follow up in an email because we have to keep educating, we have to keep edifying, we have to keep hearing the

concerns of the residents to help us fully understand this budget in order for you to gain our trust, in order for us to partner with you all. And I'm disappointed to see that the first two priorities

were police and police and then children was like next to last. When we prioritize our families and our children and there's resources and services, that naturally drops the crime rate. >> Thank you,

Ms. Hastings. >> I call to the podium Moss Dickey. >> Hello. Good evening. Uh Moss Dickey, 4873 Far Hills Avenue. Unfortunately, I have been forced to move outside of Dayton, but Dayton will always be

my home. Um so as most of you are aware and as I'm sure Commissioner Beckham has been briefed on, I have very often come up here and talked to you all about the Safe Haven Initiative. Well, working

with Mayor Turner Slos and Commissioner Fair Child and Jacob Davis, we have finally gotten legal to give us back a revised version of the Safe Haven Initiative that they believe will be appropriate

for you all to read, review, and hopefully vote on and pass. That would be resolution number 6967-26. And my kind of thoughts on it are that it is very good to see that the city of Dayton is willing

to take a very public step forward in reaffirming its commitment to what does it say here? Equal protection and freedom from discrimination. But the initial body of the Safe Haven Initiative was in

service of trans people. We recently lost a member of our trans community to suicide a year after another someone had before committed suicide. While I am more than happy to allow all those who are

being oppressed to receive the reaffirmation and the hope that this city will continue to support them through the turbulent times of this incredibly racist, sexist, and hateful federal government

that we are forced to live under. I would ask the commission to keep in mind that the origin of this was for trans people and the protection of trans people and the safety of trans people. And I ask

that you not just think that this resolution will be the end of your commitment to the community of both the trans the trans community, the queer community, and also the other communities that will

benefit from the this reaffirmation. Look for opportunities, any opportunity. It could just be offering a hand. It could be saying a word during a press conference. It could be purposefully making

time in a meeting on what the next step of this project is going to be that you say, hey, can we get some notes on this for queer people or other groups? Make the effort, please. It doesn't take it

might take a bit more from you, but it is worth it. And I and trust me, the queer community will notice and we will thank you. So thank you. >> Thank you. I call to the podium Rochelle Verbata. >> My

name is Rochelle Fabbota. I'm here in a professional capacity. My work address is 1320 East Fifth Street 45402. Um good evening, Mayor Turner Sloss. >> Good evening. >> Uh commissioners, uh Ms.

Dixteen, ladies, ma'am, good evening, and my fellow Daytonians. Um I'm pretty much a native Daytonian. Been here since I'm three. Uh and currently my job is LGBTQ plus health initiatives project

manager for Dayton Montgomery County Public Health. In my professional capacity, I'm here tonight to offer a public health perspective on why why the equal protection and freedom from discrimination

resolution matters. It matters a lot. In public health, we talk about social health social determinants of health. Um these are the conditions in which people live, learn, work, age. Uh these

conditions influence our opportunities to be healthy and well. But here's something we don't talk about nearly enough, and that is uh the implications of belonging. Our local data tell an important

story. We recently just completed the LGBTQIA plus health assessment. It was conducted in partnership with Wright State University. Nearly half of our 181 participants in Montgomery County reported

avoiding healthcare because they feared LGBTQIA plus discrimination. One tenth reported rarely or never receiving the social and emotional support they need. When people fear discrimination in places

intended to provide care, we're talking about conditions that influence health and well-being. I want us to think especially about young people growing up in Dayton like I did. National research from

the Trevor Trevor Project found that 39% of Q plus young people surveyed seriously considered suicide in the preceding year. The research also found that young people with access to affirming

environments reported lower rates of suicide attempts. The same project reported Q plus youth who have one accepting adult in their life are 40% less likely to attempt suicide compared to those who

don't. In short, creating affirming environments for Q plus youth with adults who care is suicide prevention. Our young people are watching. They're learning what it means to belong by observing how

adults and institutions acknowledge their humanity. A resolution will not magically eliminate discrimination. Wouldn't it be nice if it did? But conditions that support health, dignity, and well-being

of all those who live, learn, labor, love, laugh, and leave legacies in Dayton, we need to consider the belonging part of it. Belonging is one of those conditions. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. I

call to the podium Talis Gaich. >> Talis Gaich, 1921 South Gateway Drive, Dayton, Ohio. I got it written down this time, y'all. All right. Good evening, mayor and commissioners. My name is Talis

Netzer. I've spent years organizing community love days in Dayton, bringing free food, clothing, and activities to families, helping who all I can while I can. Tonight I'm here because equal

protection has to mean something to people walking the streets every day. I've I've received repeat jaywalking citations. I've gotten tickets for riding my bike on the sidewalk or different things of

that nature. That experience raised a a question every resident should be able to get an answer to. How does Dayton check whether pedestrian laws are being enforced fairly across neighborhoods across

racial groups? I'm asking this I'm asking this commission to publish at least 12 months pedestrian stops, warnings, and citations broken down by location and where where it's collected by race. Also

want to know who reviews the data and what happens when the numbers show a pattern that needs investigating. Resolution uh 6967 26 puts Dayton commitment to equal protection on the record. Would this

commission put a date on the record for when the residents can see the data and hear how it's being reviewed? >> Thank you, Mr. Gage. I call to the podium Sophie Three. >> Hello. Good evening. My

name's Sophie Three, 136 North St. Clair Street. So um I'd like to thank you first of all for allowing me the opportunity to speak. Um as some of you may know, I'm here with the Dayton Safe Haven

Coalition. Um about two years ago after the 2024 election, um a group of queer and trans folk and their allies came together to respond to the targeting of trans folk on a state and federal level. Um

we felt that we needed our leaders to stand up and speak out for Q plus folk and so we drafted a resolution based on similar legislation primarily out of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Uh we spent two

brainstorming, uh, drafting, organizing, advocating, and we are encouraged by the inclusion of a anti-discrimination resolution in the agenda tonight. Uh, we hope to see it passed. Um, I'd like to

thank you for your, um, well, I'd like to thank you for your continued engagement to the process. Um, though the resolution is not the resolution that we brought you, um, you know, um, where people

are not really in the resolution in like like Moss said, better than me probably, it's it's it's not what we are trying to do. Still, um, we appreciate that you have stayed committed to it. I think it

shows a commitment to people-first governance and your support for the Q+ community. So I have a few action items for you. Uh, you can pass the anti-discrimination resolution. You can continue to find

ways to support the Q+ community including stronger legislation, not just this resolution. You can remove requirements to state the address at the meeting. Uh, if you want Q+ people to speak up and be

a part of the process, you need to make it not dangerous for us to speak up. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, none of them require you to state your address. I'd like to, uh, invite you to the Trans

Day of Remembrance event at Sinclair November 20th at 7:00 p.m. And I'd like to encourage you to commemorate Trans Day of Remembrance. Um, this is a crisis and like like Moss said, we've lost two

people in the last year. Um, people they don't see all the negotiating. They just see a government doing nothing. So I'd like to take the last few seconds I have as a of silence for those that we've

lost. Thank you. The silence will only get louder. >> Thank you. >> I call to the podium Ria Megnin. >> Look commissioners, Ria Megnin. I am a social worker and I >> for the record. >> 2104 King

Avenue in Dayton. >> Thank you. >> And I'm with the Safe Haven Coalition. I own a queer-focused counseling practice and am part of the community and many of my loved ones are affected by this as well.

Today feels historic for my community, nationally, statewide, across our county and our city. Americans chose each other instead of divisiveness. This evening and at next week's vote, our commission

will have the opportunity to support that wave. You will hear a resolution tonight, 696726, to reaffirm Dayton's longstanding commitment to equal protection and freedom from discrimination for all. On

behalf of my clients, my community and my loved ones who continue to be deeply harmed by the hate-based state and federal legislation and political messaging, all of which is designed to distract us

from the actual harms being done by those in power, I encourage you to help us rest a little easier right here in Dayton. Please affirm this resolution and please continue to join us in more

specifically advocating for our city's many vulnerable people to have access to basic rights including shelter, safety, healthcare, employment and more, especially education, with the dignity and

justice we all deserve. Thank you for all that you do. >> Thank you. >> I call to the podium Sharon Screech. >> Um Sharon Screech, 515 West Grand Avenue. Equal Protection, I'm here Good evening, Mayor

and Commissioners. >> Good evening. >> I am here today because quite frankly I have a hard time taking this resolution seriously. I do not believe the city of Dayton consistently practice practices

what it is proposing to reaffirm, 696726. Equal Protection cannot simply be words on paper. It must be reflected in how residents are treated, how laws are enforced, and how neighborhoods are served.

Let me give you an example. During German Fest I was riding down Frank Street near the University of Dayton. There were young people drinking, being loud, and enjoying themselves. Two police cruisers

were sitting nearby, yet broken beer bottles and glass were scattered throughout the roadway and traffic was still moving through it. I couldn't help but wonder, would that same situation be tolerated

on the west side of Dayton or would there have been arrests, citations, and complaints about noise and disorder? I have no problem with college students having a good time. My concern is whether the

same standards are applied to everyone regardless of their neighborhood. And please don't tell residents they aren't seeing what they're seeing. Compare the west side with other parts of Dayton. The

differences in neighborhood maintenance, infrastructure, services, and enforcement are visible. I do not believe every subset of residents in this city receives the same protections or is treated

equally under the law. So I ask this commission, what measurable steps are you taking to identify and address disparities in policing, arrest, use of force, and treatment of residents across our

neighborhoods? How will you ensure that laws and ordinances are enforced consistently across every neighborhood. What accountability measures apply when police officers violate the same laws they

enforce? How will residents know that this resolution has resulted in actual changes? Because I'm tired of seeing commitments written on paper while residents continue to experience something entirely

different in practice. Equal protection should not depend on your zip code, your income, your neighborhood, or who you are. It should be a guarantee for every resident of Dayton. And I want to leave

you with this. You cannot pass a resolution reaffirming equal protection while residents are standing before you questioning whether they receive equal protection in the very city you govern. Until

this city demonstrates that commitment through its actions, residents have every reason to question whether this commitment is genuine. Thank you. >> Thank you, Ms. Grech. I call to the podium Alec

Johnson. >> I'm Alec Johnson. I live at 3206 Linden Avenue in Dayton's Hearthstone neighborhood. Greetings, mayor, commissioner, city staff, and the greater Dayton community. Yesterday, voters

delivered a sweeping rebuke to Republican rule, the likes of which we haven't seen in half a century, since 1976 with Nixon's disgrace and fall from power. But losing congressional elections doesn't

take away Trump's executive powers. An administration blocked legislatively may be more tempted to govern through intimidation and coercion. Dayton should strengthen its defenses against that danger

now. Item six asks Dayton to accept a joint Justice Department grant of $182,718. Dayton Share would fund police cellular services. Montgomery Counties would support Justice Web, its criminal justice

information system. Please postpone accepting this award. First, adopt the Civil Liberties and Viewpoint Neutral Municipal Resources Act, also known as the Dayton Clever Act. Accept the funds only if

their terms and use conform to this act's protections. John Musto assured me on Monday that the legal review should be completed within days. Please finish that review and bring the legislation

forward. Attorney General Todd Blance once defended Trump in criminal court. His office owes allegiance to the Constitution and the public, never to presidential revenge, but Blance has made it clear

that he serves at the pleasure of the megalomaniac Donald Trump. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller have repeatedly invoked National Security

Presidential Memo Memorandum 7 earlier this year in ways that threaten to bitterly chill bitterly chill to the point of frostbite our civil liberties. NSPM 7 associates political violence with what it

calls anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity, extremism on migration, race and gender, and hostility to towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and

morality. It places these alleged motivations under the umbrella of self-described anti-fascism. These sweeping labels invite suspicion of legitimate constitutionally protected perspectives. It pairs

that ideological framing with federal investigations, local law enforcement assistant, and grant funding. That combination opens the door to political policing. Treating lawful dissent as evidence of

criminality is illegitimate use of public power. The clever act would give Dayton City employees binding instructions protecting lawful protest, journalism, labor organizing, and political

association. It covers city personnel, records, surveillance, and discretionary cooperation, including information shared through Justice Web. It preserves support for valid warrants, court orders,

and legitimate criminal investigations. Item 7 reaffirms equal protection. Give that commitment operational force. Electoral defeat is no guarantee of executive restraint. Please adopt the clever act

before Dayton's resources become instruments for presidential retaliation. Public power and public policy must protect public public wealth and liberty and justice for all and liberty and justice for

all. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. That concludes speakers on calendar items, Your Honor. >> Thank you, Ms. McLendon. Commissioners, are there any on the city manager's recommendations this

evening? Commissioner Beckham. >> I have none on recommendations. >> Commissioner Faircloth. >> Yeah, I wanted to make two comments. Um the first is practical and it's around the moral obligation

claims. Those are um um attorney claim privilege to the commission. And I read them all. Um you know the the city is made up of of humans and mistakes happen. And when mistakes happen, there could be

a harm done and the city is responsible for responding to that. Um I'm perfectly okay with the um attorney client privilege because in those reports are the injuries that occurred and the employee and

their actions. And both of those things are private and should be dealt with in responsible ways. And I see people shaking your head no, but for several reasons. If you knew that all your details of

an accident occur are going to be put out in the public, are you going to come forward and request that moral claim? No, there'd be a chill to it. And so to protect the opportunity for people to come

forward, I support it being um kept in client privilege. Um and we're representatives of you. You voted us to come here and to represent you. And um and while the trust is very weak, you've got to

trust us that we do review these. And um you know there's 1,900 employees. Mistakes are going to happen, accidents are going to happen. And um we responsibly both care for the person who's been

harmed, responsibly review that claim, um and are good stewards of our resources, as well as if there's discipline that's required for the employee, the supervisors um are responsible for that. And we

see that. And so um there's been several weeks where that question's been raised and I just wanted to comment on that. Um I also want to say you know we're imperfect and you know part of this

experiment in democracy in America is forming a more perfect union. And I want to thank the members of the Safe Haven coalition for the hard work you did and your advocacy. I know you didn't get

everything you wanted. I hope this is a good step forward and that there's an opportunity to build. Um in a little while we're going to appoint uh Rochelle Fribada to the Human Relations Council. And

so I think that's an additional step that we're going to take to address this. Um you're right we we do not live fully into our highest ideals but I believe there's a commitment to do so. And um you

know there's two two things that came to mind. One was um the story that Jesus tells of the lost sheep. And so tonight the sheep that's lost that we're giving our attention to to go find are um

members of our trans community who have come and said you know we need some attention and we need you to recognize that there's a harm here. That doesn't negate that there's other sheep in the flock

who are hurting and wounded and lost and we have work to do. The other story that came to my mind was um the notion of being seen and Ms. Greed you talked about that and Ms. Mosh uh you talked about

that too. Um it took me back to when I was in rehab. And to set the stage when you're in rehab after a spinal cord injury your physical therapist is only going to have eight 12 weeks most to try to

get you from a person who's newly paralyzed to a person who can function independently. And there's so many things that you have to learn. Um and so the whole ethos of the rehab center I was in was

one more. One more rep, one more lesson, one more this, one more that. And at the end of the day you're just completely exhausted and feel like and even then didn't feel like you had done enough. So

one day I was in the gym and we were getting ready to do some strength training and I was warming up and doing this and there was a volunteer there. And he looked at me and he said man you work hard.

And it was the first affirmation I had heard in the center for like six eight weeks. And in that moment I felt seen. I didn't realize I had not been unseen. So I hope tonight there's at least a little

moment that the members of our trans community feel seen. And um along the way I've learned this blessing and it's one I've given my daughter most days of her life. And I hope the members of the trans

community will receive it. You are a child of God. You are precious. You are beloved. You're beautiful to be seen. May you always know God's love and grace. >> Thank you. >> Commissioner Shaw, please.

>> Thank you so much for that. Wow, powerful. Um I don't have anything else other than to say that. Uh I'm going to leave it right there and let that hang and everybody hear it. So >> Thank you,

Commissioner Shaw. Commissioner Joseph. >> Oh I I don't want to follow that, Commissioner. That was perfect. Uh it it conveys my sentiments too. So thank you, Commissioner. >> I'm going to reserve my

comments. Thank you. May I have a motion to approve the City Manager's recommendations, please? >> I move that we adopt the City Manager's recommendation. >> And I will second that. >> It has been

properly moved and seconded to approve the City Manager's recommendations. All in favor say aye. >> Aye. >> Aye. >> All opposed say no. Any abstentions? Legislation, Ms. McClendon. >> First reading

Ordinance number 32221-26 providing temporary appropriations for the ordinary operating and capital expenses of the City of Dayton pending passage of the year 2027 annual appropriation ordinance.

First reading resolution number 6966-26 authorizing the acceptance of an aggregate grant award from the United States Department of Justice in the amount of $182,718 and 0 cents on behalf of the City

of Dayton. First reading resolution number 6967-26 reaffirming the City of Dayton's commitment to equal protection and freedom from discrimination. First reading resolution number 6968-26 approving

the City Manager's 2027 operating and capital improvement budget recommendations, authorizing the necessary implementation actions. Second reading resolution number 6965-26 approving the submission of

grant applications and authorizing the acceptance of grant awards from the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission under the Transportation Improvement Program and repealing resolution number

6956-26. Mayor Turner I. >> Commissioners Joseph. >> I. >> Shaw. >> I. >> Mayor Child. >> I. >> Beckham. >> I. >> Resolution number 6965-26 has been adopted with five votes in favor and that concludes

legislation, your honor. >> Thank you, Ms. McClendon. I will now open the public hearing. Ms. Dixon, please proceed. >> Your honor, I'd like to >> call forward Jeff Green from the Division of Planning

to lead us in the public hearing. >> Good evening, everyone. >> Good evening, Mr. Green. >> I have uh as this is firing up a proposal before you. It is uh a request to rezone roughly 3 acres over two

different sites um from both MR-5, which is a mature single family, and ER-4, there it is, uh which is our eclectic single family, to campus institutional. Uh this is for Dayton Children's expansion

of their overall campus. Uh the applicant is Champlin Architecture. That is the architecture firm that is representing Dayton Children's. Uh the planning district is of course Old North Dayton, and

this is in the northeast quadrant of the city. So uh this is the map. Um two pretty far apart properties here. One is along Valley Street between Light and Air Street. Um that is just for context uh

just south of the Ronald McDonald House. And the other one is at Stanley and Valley. And that is right off uh the off ramp coming from Route 4 onto Stanley. Here is the zoning map. So uh the reason

this is coming before you is whenever Dayton Children's uh needs to build something, they first have to get the correct zoning in place. So right now, both properties are uh MR-5, ER-4, that's our

single family. So really you can only do those more residential focused ideas there. Um the request is to rezone it to campus institutional so they can do appropriate development for continued

services. So that's what this map is showing. Um everything to the east of Valley Street is already zoned campus institutional. Ronald McDonald House itself is zoned campus institutional. We are just

looking to expand this. And because we're talking about so far apart properties and a very high level of view, I just wanted to do a a little more in-depth aerial to show you all what's here. So uh

between Light and Air Street, this is along Valley. Uh you got the childcare center. That's already an institutional use, but it is still zoned single family. So that is part of this here. Um you got

an existing lot that is also owned and operated by Dayton Children's. That's where a new building's going to be, and the parking lot itself is going to move a little bit further to the west. So what

you'll notice here is that aerial and then just the two photos of what it looks like on the ground. And at Valley and Stanley, again, this is coming right off the off ramp to from State Route 4. This

is Dayton Children's property and it's landscaped. It's going to continue to be landscaped. But Dayton Children's is proposing to and was approved to put in a new sign at this site. So at the far far

southern end of Dayton Children's campus, this sign was already approved because it was appropriately zoned. But because this is zoned single family, this being a landscaped area is likely not likely

ever to be a single family home at this location, the sign still requires that that zone change. So before you all is simply the zone change, but I want to show you all what is being proposed and what

has been seen and approved by our plan board. So here is the proposed building. It is for developmental therapies. This just shows the general orientation. Again, the building is going to be right

along Valley Street and Air, which is where we want it. We want that context along the street front. And then less intensive use, the the parking lot's going to be a little further to the west. Of

course, appropriate landscaping, buffering is for those residents further to the west, and and that was a big point and we thank Dayton Children's for listening to staff review and and and the

neighborhood in general. And in terms of rendering, this is this is the proposed building. So it's just different variations, different views. The campus institutional zoning district is a unique

district in the city where this is for hospitals, for major universities, our large landowners. And while it does allow quite a bit, the closer it gets to residential properties, the more protections

are in place. So in in this case, when I mean by protections, I'm talking about height regulations, open space requirements. So in this, they are are to be meeting all that all those as they are close

to the single family properties. Uh staff analysis briefly went over all of this. Uh but again total of 3 acres, 2.47 acres between Light and Air Street and uh 0.43 acres at Stanley and Valley. Um

this growth makes this rezoning would allow Dayton Children's to grow their campus in a in a reasonable and responsible manner. And the permissible use is found in the CI zoning district, those

development restrictions. Um that all plays into it. Again plan board has seen this uh the general development plan itself for the building, the site, the layout and has approved it. Um and the

requested zoning it just makes sense. The Valley Street corridor has changed, the Dayton Children's has grown and this just further support a very good community partner and a regional amenity. Not

many communities can can tout that we have a regional amenity such as a Children's Hospital. Public process. So as always with our with our uh our our land use cases um we have our three typical, but

first I always like to mention when it happens that Dayton Children's and their applicant went to the neighborhood organization twice to go over their plans, to get feedback and to make some necessary

changes. So that happened on April 21st and July 21st. Uh we have received comments, it should be in your packets from both Citywide and the Old North Dayton Neighborhood Association supportive of

this request. Uh the Northeast Land Use Board met on August 5th and unanimously recommended approval. Our City Plan Board met on August 11th, unanimously recommended approval. And of course as I had

gone over staff believes this is an appropriate request. So before you are the options to approve, remand it back to plan board or deny. Are there any questions for me? >> Thank you Mr. Green.

Commissioners are there any questions, comments? Commissioner Beckum. >> I have none. Just thank you for the presentation Mr. Green. >> Commissioner Fair child. >> Just want to note that this involves

my employer, Dayton Children's Hospital, so I won't have comments or questions nor vote. >> Thank you, Commissioner. >> myself. >> Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Shaw. >> I have none. >> Excuse

me. Commissioner. >> Nothing, Your Honor. >> have any. Thank you very much for the presentation. >> Thank you. >> Allow We now close the public hearing. What is the pleasure of the commission? >> Move

forward. >> Move forward. Thank you. All right. Ms. McLendon, legislation, please. >> Yes, ma'am. First reading, ordinance number 32222-26 amending the official zoning map to rezone 2.57 acres for the

properties located at 427 Valley Street, including multiple other parcels, Dayton, Ohio 45404 from MR-5, mature single family to CI, campus institutional. The proposal also includes a request to

rezone 0.43 acres located southeast of the intersection of Stanley Avenue and Valley Street from ER-4, eclectic single family residential to CI, campus institutional in the old North Dayton planning

district. And that concludes legislation, Your Honor. >> Thank you, Ms. McLendon. And this evening, we have a board appointment for the Human Relations Council. >> Mayor, I move to appoint Rochelle

Forbota to the Human Relations Council for a term ending August 31st, 2029. >> Second, Your Honor. >> It has been properly moved and seconded to appoint Rochelle Forbota to the Human Relations Council

for a term ending August 31st, 2029. All in favor, say aye. >> Aye. >> Aye. >> All opposed, say no. And I also want to note, thank you Ms. Jackson and Mr. Hall and Mr. Davis for working on this. I

really appreciate it. And thank you to all of my colleagues for the support. Ms. McLendon, are there any citizens that are registered to speak this evening? >> Yes, Your Honor. There are seven

citizens >> to speak. I would like to remind everyone of the three minute time limit. As you address the commission, we ask that you state your name and address for the record. At that time, I will

turn on the green light. When the green light comes on, you will have three minutes to speak. After you have spoken two and a half minutes, a yellow light will come on and you will have 30 seconds

remaining to speak. When the red light comes on, you'll be asked to cease your comments and to take your seat. To the audience in attendance, please be mindful this is a business meeting and we kindly

request that during this portion of the meeting, you refrain from any hand clapping, finger snapping, and conversation that would prevent the city commission from hearing the speaker's comments. I

call to the podium Ebony Hastings. >> Good evening. Ebony Hastings, 1238 Wabash Avenue. My first questions are for Commissioner Beckham. Commissioner, your campaign platform promised, quote, follow

through on the city of Dayton's Youth Action Plan by leading a cross-sector steering committee, end quote. This commission adopted the student vision for Dayton in May and the mayor's children's

cabinet was created to implement it. Is this your youth plan action your youth action plan the same document? If so, how is your steering committee different from the children's cabinet and have you

formed it? On August 19th, the mayor relaunched the don't be a litter bug campaign promoting neighborhood cleanups. On October 7th, you announced your offices do something weekend a beautification

event held October 10th and 11th. Was it coordinated with the litter bug campaign? Are your initiatives coordinated with the mayor's? I also asked for a public status update on other promises in your

platform including vacant property registration, down payment assistance, and a police cadet program. Commission, was your legislation adopted to create the mayor's flight plan advisory committees?

Was legislation adopted to create the mayor's flight plan advisory committees? Was legislation required before the children's cabinet could move forward? What rules determine when a commission's vote

is required? As we approach the next election, I believe Dayton residents have shown in two consecutive elections that money does not win elections. Residents are watching your moral compass and

whether what you do matches what you say. Show us, do not tell us. So often I sit in these chambers and I witness cognitive dissonance. It's disheartening to say the least. I'm not a racist and I'm

certainly not prejudiced. I stand on you I stand with you when you right and I'm going to tell you when you wrong. So often we as black people have to sit in these chambers and witness you ignore our

questions, concerns, and needs. Let that be a moment of silence for us who are suffering. Galatians 6 and 9, let let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if

we do not give up. Thank you. >> Thank you, Ms. Hastings. I call to the podium Talis Gage. >> Talis Gage, 1921 South Gettysburg. All right. Um so I mean, I'm going to be all over the place. One thing

I want to ask though is cuz I asked this probably a year ago, is are we ever going to get a bridge that cross over from um Abbey Street to the library right there? Are we waiting for an accident to

happen? Can we be proactive on that too? So that's one thing that I want to bring to the table. Another thing I want to bring up here is uh when we do bring our concerns up here at different things

that we talking about I know this is a business meeting, but what's what what what what's the proper procedure? What what should we do to be able to get an answer? Can we get an email, a phone call?

Y'all got our our information cuz we sign our our into our uh details to y'all every time we come in. So if y'all don't answer us up here because I've mentioned several things, we still haven't even

heard about Reginald Thomas. Can we get some update on that? You know? It's a lot of stuff that we done came up here and spoke about and we don't get no responses for it. I uh told y'all I got hit by

somebody riding past me on the bike. I mean I was on my bike and they were in the car and I got hit. I really didn't speak on it the way that I the way that I wanted to last time because I was I was

feeling some type of way. I'm going to just say that. I'm still feeling some type of way now. But if we could get some uh some closure on some of these things that we constantly come up here and bring

to the forefront and uh I don't disagree with anything you said for your child, but we have never gotten no kind of uh love that you gave them. And it's interesting that uh they show up We show up for

everybody. We show love through action, but the only time that we see them is when they're fighting for themselves and something that they want. And that wasn't really for y'all. That was for

everybody that's going to end up watching this. We always show up, but they only show up when they have concerns that involves them. Uh and that's I'm going to just leave it there. Thank you. >> Thank

you, Mr. Gage. I call to the podium Margaret Merle. >> Good evening. >> Good evening. The founding failed to meet their self-imposed deadline, which was yesterday, to answer my online request for

information. Last week I attended the Landmark Commission Meeting, which meets in this building. Seven commissioners serve as the final safeguard in approving new homes in historic districts. The

meeting was interesting. It covered a wide range of requests. I support support all their final decisions, especially to put a hold on the proposed site at 130 South Williams. I would recommend these

changes. This should have the same setup as you do where the commissioners and the audience are facing each other. They each need to have a microphone. And their their meeting should be recorded and

placed online just like this here. I was disappointed in the slideshow. I thought it was biased. Was presented by Holly, Hornbeck, and Simms Developers. I live in the neighborhood. They claimed Mercer

Avenue lacked historic homes to to guide the design of new construction, yet three HR homes stand close together. If the site had been visited by two or three of these seven commissioners, if they got

out of their car, took photos with their phones, they would have been able to have made an accurate presentation. They would have noticed that the property at 25 Mercer wasn't even in the slideshow.

And why did the photo at 19 Mercer show mostly foliage and only the second floor on the east side? Anyone would have taken the photos from the front of the building, of this structure. It would have

shown window trim, a small lead glass window, windows showing the how you space large walls so you do not have a big blank wall. There was two examples of fish scale detailing. Several commissioners

requested these details, but the builder said he was not a fan. A photo of 26 Mercer would have shown the proposed construction at 18 Mercer was not compatible with the scale and the character of the

existing business building along the face block. I realize land mark commissioners, you are unpaid volunteers. Taking photos is not your responsibility, but it's already been proven that Holly

Hornback and Sims developers are not honest brokers. I'm asking you to do everything possible to do your job. Thank you. >> Thank you Ms. Mural. I call to the podium Youssef El-Zein. >> Yes. >> Good

evening. Youssef El-Zein, 4906 Amberwood Drive. >> Good evening. >> Um as you know, every immigrant community in our history has faced the same barrage of hate. We were told we don't belong here. We

were told that we're stealing American jobs. It's no different for Muslim Americans today, but the will of the people cannot be defeated, and they spoke loudly yesterday. We saw this in Minnesota with

Ilhan Omar who faced tremendous barrage of hate from the great president that we have. And now in Michigan, we elected the first Muslim senator Abdullah Hammoud. He is an American born citizen. He's

not an immigrant. He was born here to two Egyptian American immigrants. That's the story that we all need to understand. He faced relentless bigotry and record dark money meant to weaponize his faith.

Funded by nobody but international agents and the wealthy of this country. But the voters spoke anyway. The will of the people cannot be outspent. It cannot be bought and it must never be ignored. The

people elected a new wave of courageous leaders to Congress who are committed to restoring humanity to our laws and ending the endless wars. They carry a clear mandate to reverse the machinery of fear

that repeats the darkest chapter of our history. We look to them to end the policies that bear a chilling resemblance to to the internment of Japanese American, the tragic, inhumane shackling of

students and tearing apart of families by Homeland Security and ICE. We cannot control Washington, but we are responsible for Dayton. As genocide continues in Gaza and the illegal settlers aggression

devastates the West Bank and Salfit in particular, I ask this commission to be brave. Act on your residents' demands to suspend the sister city relationship with Hulan and launch an investigation to

decide the next steps. Dayton's rare ties to both Israel and Palestine demands moral clarity, not complicity. To help you with your budget and the city's contract with Zen City, taxpayer dollars

should not should never fund a foreign social media firm to surveil and monitor the public posts of Dayton residents using AI agents that we know for a fact was used unethically to kill Palestinian

people in Gaza. Third, withdraw the grant issued to KATS and enforce the city's anti-genocide procurement clauses. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Al-Zain. I call to the podium Jerry Birnbaum. >> I had

everything set up, but I want to just say good evening to everyone and your mayor and manager and all of our commissioners. I want to thank you for your support. Oh, my name is Jerry Birnbaum and I

live at 3334 Far Hills Avenue. Thank you. I always forget that. I want to thank you again for your support. We had our digital Well, it's called webinar meeting on the historical designation of

Pineview to be placed on the National Register of Historical Places. It went very very well. And they also have decided to add us on to something else that would put us in the category of the African

American movement, social movement of the '50s and '60s, civil rights movement of the '50s and sixties. So that's an added uh benefit. So it's it's really a great thing. And we're excited about it.

But uh we have heard that uh there's a liquor store that wants to kind of come in and not a liquor store, but the um Shell station wants is wanting a license for liquor at Gettysburg and Germantown.

And you know uh Mr. uh Herbert Burton and Mrs. Parker has they've fought through the years to keep alcohol out of that area cuz it's already vulnerable with the with the prison and we have the health

issues too with management uh of of the um what do you call the um uh we don't call it the dump. That's not nice. What's it called again? >> Landfill. >> The dump. >> Right. I'm so waste management.

I'm sorry. I didn't I'm but my mind goes to those kind of things. Uh and so and then we have a lot of people on the corners uh you know begging and in fact I was accosted at the Shell station just the

other day by a man wanting money. And so we have these weaknesses in areas. And when you bring alcohol into an environment that's already maybe somewhat depressed economically and what not um violence

does increase. And so we really don't want it if we can and for uh Revive 35 when you're dealing with a community uh that's to me contradicts health. Uh and so we hope that you will listen to us and

um and won't allow it, but you know we just thank you for hearing us. >> Thank you Ms. Burton. >> Okay. >> I call to the podium Sharon Screech. >> Hello. I'm Sharon Screech. um, 515 West Grand. Um, I

had some things planned to say, but since Mr. Faircloth spoke so eloquently on the moral obligation clause, I'm going to speak on that. This is the thing. We don't have to know every item or detail or

whatever, but we do have a right to know what happened. If I do something, it's all If I get arrested, if I get in an accident, that is a public record. If my tax dollars is paying to pay for

something the city did, I have a right to know about that. I don't need to know the employee's name, but we can know the subjectiveness of what happened with the situation because why even put it on

the agenda? We wouldn't even be up here speaking about it unless it was on this agenda. If it's on this agenda, that means tax dollars is being paid to someone for something the city did. I ain't did

nothing, but my tax dollars is paying for something the city did. An accident is an accident. If you're at fault, you're at fault. If I'm on my job and I get in an accident, you going to know about

it. If I get in an accident out here on the street, you're going to know about it. You can go on the website and look at it. You can see I've got an accident. You can see I got arrested. But it's

something It's something about the city doing something wrong that we're not supposed to know about. The city, like Mr. Faircloth said, y'all human beings. Human beings make mistakes, but we're

entitled to know that. Some things we wouldn't know about unless it was on this agenda. And my thing is this. There are things happening in the city. I see police officers on their cell phones while

they driving, parked wrong on the wrong side of the street, U-turns in front of the Hub. I seen one the other morning doing a whole U-turn in front of the Hub. Let me do a U-turn in front of the Hub.

You cannot police me and not police yourself. You cannot. How does that look to us when you not when you not even they're speeding. They ain't flying to no call. They're turning on lights and flying

up the street, running through lights, doing things. They're supposed to follow the same laws we do. Just because you're a police officer, that does not make you not have to follow the same laws.

Also, the thing about this whole bicycle on the my whole life I've been riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. That is the stupidest ordinance I've ever seen. How many ac I need to know how many accidents

we have in with people with the bicycles on the sidewalk. How many crashes we didn't had with the bicycles on the sidewalk? Because if I don't feel safe riding my bike on the street, I should be able

to ride it on the sidewalk. It's technically really not a vehicle. It's not a vehicle. It doesn't require a plate. It doesn't require me to go to the DMV. It doesn't require any of that. >> Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Grech. I call to the podium Alec Johnson. >> Greetings. >> Good evening. >> Greetings. I'm Alec Johnson. I live at 3206 Linden Avenue in Dayton. A tip of the hat, mayor, to your flight

plan, which is not only a great policy but a wonderful metaphor. I'm sure we'd all agree that to fly an aircraft safely, a pilot needs instruments that reveal actual conditions. Economic development

requires measures that reveal whether working people can live on their earnings. Incomplete measures leave this commission and the people of Dayton flying blind. The Ludwig Institute for Shared

Economic Prosperity, LISEP for short, offers broader measures of economic well-being. LISEP's true rate of unemployment includes unemployed people, involuntary part-time workers, and workers earning

below its minimum income threshold. In 2024, official unemployment in Cincinnati and Columbus averaged around 4.2%. LISEP's broader measure averaged 25.1%, roughly six times as high, encompassing one

in four people in the labor force. LISEP's true living cost tracks essentials. From 2001 through 2024, its national measure rose 106% compared with 77.2% for the Consumer Price Index. The cost of

essentials more than doubled, rising substantially faster than the broader Consumer Price Index. Now compare wages with needs. Federal data put the Dayton metropolitan median wage at $24.03 an hour in

May 2025. The median hourly wage falls below MIT's basic needs wage estimate in nine of 12 modeled household configurations. For a single parent with one child the MIT living wage calculator requires

$38.56 an hour. Every household with children relying on one earner requires more than the median hourly wage provides. These are basic needs budgets, not prosperity. Of the jobs Dayton helps create

or subsidize, how many pay enough to meet a family's basic needs? Publish the answer. Counting jobs without measuring whether workers can live on their wages leaves us flying blind. We also need to

know where regional spending goes. Which goods and services purchased elsewhere could realistically be produced here? Right now we don't know, so we're flying blind. Leakage analysis would map those

outflows. Import replacement research would test opportunities. Without either, we're flying blind. MVC WIN explicitly rejects the failed conventional attract and retain economic development model.

Our alternative starts with community needs and existing demand, then develops enterprises workers and residents can own and govern. It measures Its measure of success is better livelihoods,

democratic power, and control over the surplus value workers create. Our outreach hopes to build the relationships with community organizations needed to shape that research and act on its findings.

Please direct staff to compare wages with living costs, examine LISEP's measures, and consider cooperating with the MVC WIN working group on the scope and data for a leakage analysis and import

replacement study so that we can stop flying blind. Dayton's working families deserve an economic strategy they can help direct. Let's stop flying blind, otherwise we'll crash and burn and we will

fail to ensure that public power and public policy produce public wealth. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Johnson. That concludes speakers, your honor. Thank you, Ms. McLinden. Ms. Dicks-Steen, do you

have any closing comments this evening? >> I only have one to address with regards to Mercer Avenue. I wanted to let the commission know I have a meeting tomorrow with Planning, Neighborhoods, and

Development. I'll be following up on that to make sure that all of the outstanding questions get addressed. >> Thank you. I appreciate the update. Ms. McLinden, do you have any closing comments this

evening? >> I have none, your honor. >> Commissioners, do you have any closing comments this evening? Commissioner Beckham. >> Yes, your honor. Just a few. Of course, I want to thank all the citizens

and residents that came out and spoke tonight. Truly appreciate your advocacy on a number of different matters. I want to thank Commissioner Faircloth for his very beautiful words regarding the

resolution and Safe Haven Coalition. Thank you all for being here. Michelle Forbrada, look forward to having you on the HRC board, so glad we were able to make that that appointment. Ms. Hastings,

thank you for your questions and your diligence as usual. Certainly want to speak to the items that I can given what's occurred thus far. In terms of the mayor's youth cabinet, yes, when I was senior

policy aid to Mayor Mims, we went out to pursue a plan for young people in the city of Dayton, particularly, of course, given the fact that former Mayor Mims was, of course, just very focused on

education and youth, so it made sense for us to do that. Um the next steps were, of course, implementation. Um I, of course, um now being a commissioner, that that particular plan uh we've been

working with Learn to Earn to identify um who might be able to lead that plan for the the city. The mayor's office is taking the helm on that. So I am certainly supportive. And you know, we'll we'll

continue to stay in the loop as best I can to now support the implementation side. But um that is work that I think this whole commission supports and we we voted earlier this year to adopt the plan.

So I will be supporting the process by which the mayor's office you know chooses to to hire the individual that will help us with plan implementation. And yes, as I've said, that is a partnership with

Learn to Earn Dayton. On the do something we can that was born out of a discussion even before I got elected with the Living City project to build on their once a year cleanup. So the Living City

project Declare is a faith-based organization. So we thought it made sense to work through our faith community and the various churches on the east and west side to do something a little bit more than

picking up trash. I certainly appreciate all the efforts to to you know create cleaner neighborhoods. It is certainly aggravating to deal with the the rate of litter in certain in certain areas of our

city. So I was happy to support the mayor's campaign, the Don't Be a Litter campaign, and um of course see those billboards around our city. Um this particular effort was to build on that and of

course complement uh the work of the mayor's office to uh really identify projects uh that we could do with um faith-based organizations. So not so much the hey don't don't litter, right? Or pick up

your trash, which of course we need folks to do. Um but you know if it's cutting back brush, right? If it's painting a mural, if it's um you know somehow clearing out an alley. I mean whatever it have

you uh the the goal is to work with these faith-based organizations in tandem with the city um so that we're increasing our capacity uh which is what the Living City project has been able to

accomplish uh given that they utilize uh public works staff to make sure that that citywide cleanup happens successfully uh every year. Uh so thank you for the questions there and of course as we move

forward or as I move forward on some of the other things um that I like to accomplish, of course I'll update uh my colleagues as well as the community. Lastly uh while I am a bit tired given last

night's events um I'm I'm still happy, right? Just given um the local state and federal victories um that that happened across the Democratic spectrum. So uh Mr. El-Amin, thank you for for speaking to

you know the the diverse uh myriad of candidates that were elected across our country last night um in the Democratic Party and I certainly look forward and congratulate the local candidates that were

elected and um as we engage with them as a commission we hope to of course get some things done for both Dayton and our region. So those are my comments. Thank you. >> Thank you Commissioner >>

Commissioner Fairchild. >> Yeah, I want to let people know that starting tomorrow through Saturday, the Dayton Home and Lifestyle Expo will take place at the Dayton Convention Center. It's free

admission. Attendees can connect with local contractors, designers, and remodeling professionals, explore new products through live demonstrations, and take advantage of exclusive show deals and

participate in weekend giveaways. If you want more information, you can call 319-666-4663. And Mr. Gage, as you were commenting, I appreciate the feedback you had for me. I was reminded of Ms.

Rickman, who was the chair of HRC when I was appointed, I believe, in 2013. And it was at the time where we were really getting up the Welcome Dayton initiative. And I can remember her at one time

saying, ain't nobody rolled out a red carpet for me or my community. And when she said that, the truth of that just rings, you know, it stinks to hear that knowing the history of Dayton, the racial

the racism, the racial injustice, both explicit and systemic. And that it was just clear that we got work to do. And like I said, I'm you know, my North Star is to love God and love neighbor. And I

try to show up every day and and do that. And so if I've been deficient in that, if I haven't shown up, if I haven't shown respect, if I haven't shown love, I appreciate the feedback and know that

I'll renew my efforts to to do that more. And the other thing I want to say about love is you know, there was a theologian who observed that you can't love everyone. You just literally can't do that.

But when you live in a complex society like ours, the The that you put love in action is by working on for justice because justice becomes the embodiment of love. And so I hope that I can continue to

work for love and justice in our community. >> Thank you, commissioner. Commissioner Shaw. >> that. Thank you. >> Commissioner Joseph. >> Thank you, mayor. Three things. First, Linden Heights

neighborhood's hosting an alley cleanup Saturday on Saturday the 7th from 9:30 to 12:30 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. You can meet at Apex Garden that's at Linden and Zenia Avenue at 9:15. Supplies will be

provided. It's always good to bring gloves though. Second, I welcome Dayton's hosting a New Americans art exhibit opening reception Thursday tomorrow Thursday the 5th from 5 to 7 at the downtown

library. Come enjoy artwork by Dayton's immigrant community, live music, refreshments, free free admission. Hope to see you there. Finally, I want to echo commissioner's comments. Thank you all for

voting. Last night was it was a wonderful night. We finally have some check on the executive branch both statewide and federally. Thank you all for voting. Thank you all for getting the word out.

Thank my colleagues. Thank you everybody. It was a great night. Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you. I have a couple of comments. I'm going to try to be as brief as possible. I want to be respectful

because we're coming on the on the hour. So with that, want to congratulate all of the all of the the candidates, those who are in fact the victors, those who are in fact were the challengers,

whatever way it may have went, whether your candidate of choice was successful or not, the fact that you engaged in that the process and upholding our democracy is no easy feat. Running for office by

no means is no easy feat. So I commend those who who served as well as those who um successful in their bid for public office, and I look forward to working with all of the uh the victors as we I've

already started setting up a number of of meetings. And so um a lot of historical events took place yesterday evening. And so with that I too want to thank all of the the voters, all of those who

participated in the process, whether you knocked doors, whether you made phone calls, text messages, whatever it is that you did gave a dollar, $2, $5. Um the fact that you participated in the process

process is is um again is a a great deal and it really speaks to um what we worked so hard at. And that is in fact um distilling your words, right? Upholding love and justice um and making sure that

we upholding the democracy that we do have in place. Um and so with that uh we'll like to also note that this weekend there will be a number of events that will take place. Um well first let me

mention this as well. I believe No, that's next Friday. Excuse me, I get my dates mixed up. But this weekend will be the start of shopping initiative buying in our communities. And so there is a push

by uh Bishop McCore and um the the Lions Ministry to uh patronize and to support Jim City Market from 1:00 to 4:00. Um and also we are encouraging people to to shop to spend $25 uh a day, a week,

whatever your budget, your household budget allows. Um and so again he's inviting all faith leaders, elected members, neighborhood organizations, business leaders to support Jim City Market. And then

also uh this Saturday there are a number of events that are taking place this Saturday. I want to congratulate and acknowledge the work of Ms. Robbie Branson who's been uh doing the work for over 20

years in Sunlight of Sunlight Village. She is the executive director for Sunlight Village. And so, this Saturday she will be along with her her staff, her entire team will be celebrating their 20th

anniversary. That's Saturday um at 4:30 p.m. That is the the start of the uh the reception itself and then the uh the gala will start, I believe at 5:30 or 6:00. And that is at St. Clair Conference

Center. And so, we congratulate Ms. Robbie and all of her her diligence and her leadership and look forward to supporting her as she celebrate her 20th anniversary. We would like to thank all of the

the members. Thank you all for attending this uh this meeting. Thank you for your continued advocacy. Want to acknowledge and uplift the work of the uh Safe Haven Coalition as well as Advocates for

Basic Legal Equality. Um thank you for your work and your continued advocacy and know um that we are very much sensitive into the various different challenges and constraints and I just really want to

acknowledge that and then also acknowledge that um the reaffirming is in fact to your point, Ms. right? It is about justice. Is it about belonging and us all belonging? And so, I appreciate

Commissioner Fairchild's your points. Thank you Mr. Talis for raising your points as well and acknowledging Ms. Pat Rickman who I had an opportunity to uh to serve under. Uh she was in fact the um the

the chairperson for the um Southwest, I believe Southwest uh Priority Board for a number of years, did a lot of great work. Um and so may she continue to rest and um thank you for acknowledging her

and raising um and uplifting her words cuz she her her as well as Mr. David Greer. I remember Mr. David Greer of the Northwest Priority Um so thank you for acknowledging that and my commitment is

there as well to make sure that we're upholding true to what we were in fact elected to do. Um not because of the office and the seats that we serve in, but again, as mentioned, none of us live in the

ivory tower. Um we have family, we have children, we have friends, loved ones that are part of this community and we're committed to making sure that we're again governing with love and and upholding

justice. So thank you Ms. Hastings for raising your your concerns. I also want to note too that um the point that was raised about I may have lost it. Um the the investment. Thank you. Uh the

investment. So and I always mess this up Ms. Dixon, so help me. There is a report that is provided that lists out a number of of of the investments and the number of jobs that are created, the income

tax that is potentially generated from that investment in that partnership that is is raised. Can you remind me again of that report that I >> is a tax increment review committee that is every year we

meet with the um Montgomery County auditor uh to essentially report out on all projects that received abatements, incentives, whether it's tax abatement, TIFs, or CRAs. >> Mhm. >> In addition to other

projects, there are development agreements. Our development agreements are um tailored to have a return on our investment within two two and a half years. Sometimes it stretches to three, but um it is

it is quite conservative because we want all of our companies to succeed. Each department that manages those agreements are what provide the monitoring and the oversight to make sure that we are

meeting those obligations um with regards to the funding provided. And if it's federal funding, there's, as you know, more reporting that occurs with regards to those economic development activities.

>> Thank you. I'm going to remember. I'm going to remember. I should know it. Um thank you for your comments and your advocacy along with Ria. Um Sophie and Rochelle, thank you again for for your for

your work. And um I want to also acknowledge the work of again a law department, Mr. Davis, and Advocates for Basic Legal Equality and my colleagues. We've been working on this for quite some time.

And so I really appreciate you all's patience. Um and so I just want to acknowledge that um Ms. Creech, again, thank you for for mentioning the disparities. And in fact, I believe it was in packet

maybe a couple weeks ago, maybe two or three weeks ago in terms of the data that was provided by DPD as it relates to the the number of um there were some data points that were provided. Exactly. >>

uh pedestrian citations. Jaywalking. >> Yes. And so that information was in fact provided to us. I don't know if that's readily available on the site on the city site, but again, I appreciate you.

Thank you for Chief Henderson to Chief Henderson for providing that information. But that information was provided to us so we can make sure that that is readily available. And if you want to have an

opportunity to review that in its entirety, but again, probably a couple weeks ago that information was in fact shared with this body. Mr. Johnson, thank you for raising your points. I really

appreciate. Um I need to do a better review. I need to do a deep dive on what you're proposing um so I can have a full understanding and to really identify if that's something that we can move forward

with, especially as you speak to the the well-being, the overall well-being. And that work is in fact being done in silos. There are a number of organizations that are doing that work. Um when I think

of the work of Learn to Earn as well as um, Omega CDC and Northwest Rise, they're doing that work. Um, and so again, there are efforts to make sure that it is a more collaborative means on how we are

uplifting um, those data points and moving that that work forward. So thank you for raising that point. Uh, Ms. Miro, thank you. As already noted, uh, Ms. Dixteen has a meeting scheduled, so more to

come on that. We have not It is not fallen on deaf ears. There's some additional leg work that we need to do. Um, so we look forward to that follow up. Mr. Gage, thank you for raising a point in

regards to Abby and 35. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the city has in fact applied three times for support in regarding in regards to a pedestrian bridge. Our hope is that the work that is being done

by our Mr. Escobar, he's leading that effort along with um, in the civil engineer department. Um, I believe community engagement is involved in that process. Planning is involved in that process, and

that is the Revive 35. And Mr. Johnson mentioned that there is has been a number of community sessions that have been held. Um, from my understanding, there will be more events and there will be more

levels of engagement that will go along with that process for addressing um, the the way forward on Revive 35. So I would encourage you to take a look at that. It is not again um, something that has

fallen on deaf ears. The city has in fact um, submitted three proposals for a pedestrian bridge. Um, and that's work that we're doing at the state as well as at the federal level to make sure that

we're addressing the concerns there. The other thing is um, the staff is in fact For my understanding, correct me if I'm wrong, Ms. Dixteen, um, but we had this conversation probably a couple of weeks

ago in terms of the the overall uh, plan as it relates to um, bike friendly ways and our bike lanes and I think we were talking about dusting it off and seeing where we are with our planning

department um to address the the issues in regards to the the bike lanes and expanding the bike lanes and making sure that there is in fact proper signage uh that they are refreshed whether it's going

back out and and repainting the strips and the lines I guess that's my time um so with that thank you Ms. Bird Dog for your continued work and your support uh with no further business to come before

this commission this meeting is now adjourned thank you all.