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I am concerned that the new City Ward Map does not acknowledge and value the cohesiveness of neighborhoods. For instance, current Ward 15, except for the "Brady dogleg" that cuts through Cudell and Edgewater from Jefferson, makes a lot of sense. It consists primarily of three neighborhoods: Edgewater, Cudell and Detroit Shoreway. It is compact, cohesive, and shares common interests. Further, it has likely increased in population rather than decreased. The new ward map divides 15 into three pieces without regard to neighborhood boundaries and divvies them off in different directions. In particular, the new map divides three adjacent neighborhoods in half without necessity, namely Edgewater, Cudell and West Blvd., splitting them between two different new wards These neighborhoods could easily be kept together, and their neighborhood interests and character maintained, and properly represented.
While I don't have complete information regarding population and neighborhood boundaries, most of the maps on Council's website created by city residents look more neighborhood friendly and fairer to residents than the one presented to the public. Without having fully explored them all, I find Map 4 very promising in maintaining as many neighborhood boundaries as possible.
I do hope that the final map is more about residents and neighborhoods than politicians.
Thank you for your honest, fair minded and impartial consideration of this matter,
Chris Murray
Breaking up this neighborhood from north to south ignores how the residents have formed their own bonds through decades of change. We are strongly aligned as a community north of Detroit Avenue. Splitting us in two serves no purpose other than to reduce our interrelationship and silence our collective voice.
We ask that the planned split of Wards 7 and 11 be reviewed and our community remain intact.
Thank you.
Abbe DeMaio
Co-chair, Edgewater Hill Block Club
Use the Shoreway as a boundary and keep the park with the neighborhood in the new Ward 12. This in no way will alter the population numbers, not even by one single resident.
As it stands now, the new Ward 11 will have both Edgewater Park on the north and the Zoo on the south. Let Ward 11 have the Zoo. Let Ward 12…and the Edgewater Neighborhood…have Edgewater Park.
Also, the new Ward 7: Detroit-Shoreway, Ohio City, Tremont, the Flats East & West Bank, the Warehouse District and the entirety of the lakefront from Edgewater Yacht Club to the east end of Burke Lakefront Airport. That’s quite a ward. What happened here?? WOW!!!
The way Ward 11 is drawn is the opposite of Ward 7. There are no cohesive neighborhoods in this area as they relate more to the existing and established neighborhoods that are adjacent. There is little community and it is spread North to South, instead of East to West which is how most of the neighborhoods are oriented.
By looking at the map division, you have just a couple of streets outside of Ward 3, but the little area is going to be in Ward 5. This whole area needs to be in the same Ward. I am asking for you to consider this in making up an adjustment. Either make it all in Ward 5 or Ward 3, this division is CRAZY. What about the Police districts, how is this going to have Officers'response for service, we are not going to know which District we are going to be in.
After decades of “trickle down” economic development lies and stupidly lavish taxpayer funded subsidies to billionaire-owned sports franchises, private equity owned investors and rapacious real estate developers, Cleveland remains one of the poorest big cities in the United States with underfunded public schools, unsafe streets, kids still being poisoned by lead and a lack of affordable housing. And where exactly are the living wage jobs with good benefits easily accessible to residents in Cleveland’s neighborhoods?
Not here, because the big money corporate donor class and philanthro-capitalists that tell the city what to do extract the value from the community and fill their pockets while the middle class here stagnates and poor people suffer. The city invests in glitzy things like a stupidly expensive and unnecessary land bridge, and its ever taxpayer subsidy needy yet highly profitable sports teams, rather than investing in its people and the quality of their urban lives.
Cleveland is all about marketing hype and silly slogans, never about aggressively and consistently attacking its endemic social problems, made worse every year by the greed of regional elites.
It's high time for taxpayers to say "no" to this madness and elect officials in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County who put their interests ahead of regional oligarchs.
Next I want to thank Jenny Spencer for all she has done in the past year and a half since I had met her. Jenny announced that she is not seeking re-election as Council person for Ward 15 . Jenny has helped me as well as others in our fight to save Cudell Park, creating a New Marion Seltzer school and guiding us while trying to stop the re-zoning of the public overlay and work in finding another use for the CVS other than a gas station.
Jenny has worked tirelessly over the years to be the epitome of a public servant. I've seen her help and serve the community and attended events and wondered when she has had time for herself? Jenny is unselfish and caring. She even has extended her hand to help me when I was experiencing a PTSD moment and talked me through it. I will always remember that fond kindness which Jenny extended towards me.
During public comments at City Council she listens attentively to everyone who speaks unlike some members who chose to look at their phones or laptops even though the speaker is only taking 3 minutes of their "precious" time. I pray the other council members will take a lesson from her in what Public Service represents and how to act.
So in closing, I want to give a big shout out and THANK YOU to Jenny Spencer for being one of the most special and devoted council persons that has ever held the office.
Thank You Jenny Spencer