Public Meetings Report for the week of April 8, 2024

🌙🌑☀️The moon may have blotted out the sun for a bit this week. But, Cleveland Documenters kept the sunlight shinning on local government meetings. This week, Documenters learned about GCRTA getting rid of its smelly seat fabric on trains, Lee-Harvard residents asking for more input on their neighborhood master plan, and Cleveland City Council questions about hate crimes in the city. Get the details in less than five minutes in this week’s episode!🎧📻👇🏿

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The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are: 

  • Barbara Phipps 
  • Charlestine Pride 
  • Prerna Agarwal 
  • Janelle James 
  • Christina Easter
  • Stesia Swain 

Their work has been compiled this week by Signal Cleveland’s Doug Breehl-Pitorak, Dakotah Kennedy, and Anastazia Vanisko. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell.

Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs:

Documenters coverage: 

  • Cleveland City Council Notes and Live-Tweets, April 1, 2024 
  • Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Committee meeting Notes and Live-Tweets, April 2, 2024
  • Safety Committee, Cleveland City Council Notes and Live Tweets, April 3, 2024

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

Legislation:

  • Legislation authorizing 3D-printed housing pilot program  

Recordings: 

Other resources: 

The Public Meetings Report is a weekly audio rundown of what happened in local government meetings here in Greater Cleveland – in five minutes or less! The show is based on the work of Cleveland Documenters – residents like you who are trained and paid to document these meetings for the public. Produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.


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