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Hi, I'm Keith and I'll be live-tweeting today’s Tuesday, May 11, 2021, Cleveland City Utilities Committee ("UC") meeting starting at 11:30 AM for #CLEDocumenters

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"Utilities Committee handles all matters relating to the city-owned Water Department, Cleveland Public Power, and Water Pollution Control in Cleveland."

The UC is chaired by Ward 16's Brian Kazy.
There are 5 additional members of the UC.

Public Notice of Meeting can be accessed here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Council's Utilities meeting's agenda can be accessed here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&…

Access Cleveland City Council's legistar to find these documents from Utilities Committee and access other meetings here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com

The Utilities Committee meeting legistar page may be accessed here. You'll be able to find PDFs of the various emergency ordinances

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.…

The Utilities Committee is live, and roll call has occurred. There's at least 12 people in attendance, including the 5 of the 6 members of the UC.

The UC rolls right into work and introduces Emergency Ordinance 152-2021.

Direct reward contract with Cleveland Water Alliance, estimated at

Access more details about emergency ordinance,
cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

The UC introduces Emergency Ordinance 195-2021.

This is an option to renew an existing contract with Sourcelink and Kobra.

There is also an amendment that notifies Sourcelink has changed their name to Amsive OH.

Emergency Ordinance 195-2021 Exercise options to renew Ks w Sourcelink and KUBRA for billing and related systems document may be accessed here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Amendment 195-2021 may be accessed here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Emergency Ordinance 195-2021 Executive Summary may be accessed here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Mr. Martin Keane says the Source Link contract is at their point of their one year renewal. Mr. Keane sais hey print hte bills and mail them. Anticipated costs is 1.8 million dollars.

Emergency Ordinance 195-2021 has no questions and stands approved.

Emergency Ordinance 213-2021 is introduced.

It would grant the Department of Public Utilities to purchase fencing and like materials (see below) to install, repair, or maintain at existing facilities.

Emergency Ordinance 213-2021 can be read here,

Emergency Ordinance 213-2021 Executive Summary may be accessed here,

Chariman, Ward 16's Brian Kazy asks, "Emergency Ordinance 213-2021 is going out to bid?"

Marin Keane, "Yes,"

Emergency Ordinance 213-2021 has no questions and stands to be approved.

Emergency Ordinance 214-2021 is introduced.

This authorizes Division of Water to purchase by one or more requirement contracts labor and materials necessary to repair, replace, maintain, exercise and test existing valves of various types and related services.

Emergency Ordinance 214-2021 may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Emergency Ordinance 214-2021 Executive Summary may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Chairman Kazy requests "Send us that, it's just a good thing to know so when someone asks 'Why are you spending 2.3 million?' We can rattle that off."

Marin Keane, "Yes"

Anticipated costs is 3.2 million for 2 years, sourced from Executive summary.

Emergency Ordinance 214-2021 has no questions and stands to be approved.

Emergency Ordinance 230-2021 is introduced.

EO 230-2021 authorizes Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to sell City-owned property, 5470 Lake Court, to SCN Services LLC for $12,000

Emergency Ordinance 230-2021 may be accessed and read here,

Emergency Ordinance 230-2021's Executive Summary may be accessed and read here,

Ward 10's Councilmember Anthony T. Hairston has requested Emergency Ordinance be held until he acquires additional documentation from Commissioner Jamie DeRosa.

Emergency Ordinance 230-2021 is held for 2 weeks to allow Commissioner Jamie DeRosa to provide the documentation to Ward 10's Councilmember Hairston.

Emergency Ordinance 250-2021 is introduced.

EO 250-2021 would authorize various public departments to purchase requirement contracts to dispose of debris at landfills and recycle certain materials.

Emergency Ordinance 250-2021 may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Emergency Ordinance 250-2021's Executive Summary may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Chairman Ward 16 Councilmember's Brian Kazy asks, "We don't know if this is clean fill dirt or if its contaminated or not? That's not a part of the contract, right?"

Commissioner Keane, "This is correct but it has to be complaint with the EPA."

Chairman Ward 16 Councilmember's Brian Kazy, "Then they test it?"

Commissioner Keane, "As I understand it."

Emergency Ordinance 250-2021 has no questions and stands to be approved.

Emergency Ordinance 275-2021 is introduced.

This amendment would allow the Division of Water to accept additional grant funds and to participate in a pilot project to replace lead service lines to qualifying facilities.

Emergency Ordinance 275-2021 may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Emergency Ordinance 275-2021's Executive Summary may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Director Keane states, "It is not often we get grants from the State to do something as important as this. I would ask Commissioner Margevicius to add his opinion."

Commissioner of Cleveland Water Alex Margevicius states, "The State of Ohio is very interested in advancing initiatives to get lead lines removed. Lead line removal at daycares is a very well thoughtout and targeted place to remove lead lines."

Commissioner of Water Margevicius continues,

"You have high concentrations of younger children and those are the ones perhaps most suspectable to issues with lead. There are about 450 lead daycares in the region that are tier 1, 2 and 3 that we estimate have lead lines.

Commissioner of Water Margevicius finishes,

"We are currently working with identifying and reaching out to them. We should probably be reading a month or so to be shovel ready and hitting the ground."

Chairman Ward 16's Councilmember asks, "Is this voluntarily, do they have to sign up or is DPU coming in and saying 'No, we are doing.'?"

Commissioner Margevicius answers, "Technically, we have the right to replace the line on the city side but we are trying to be cooperative."

Emergency Ordinance 275-2021 has no additional questions and stands to be approved.

Emergency Ordinance 276-2021 is introduced.

This would amend a previous ordinance to enter into one or more direct reward contracts with Itron Incorporated to provide automatic meter reading services. 2nd year contract ~1.3 million USD. Total 2 year, ~2.3 million USD.

Emergency Ordinance 276-2021 may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Emergency Ordinance 276-2021's Executive Summary may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Director of Utilities Keane states, "To identify where we go with additional hardware. Our handhelds are old and need an update. This is a continuation of that relationship on the AMR system that is the backbone of Cleveland Water."

Director of Utilities Keane continues, "This is our ability to update it but also continue to operate it with additional hardware. It is to the tune of 1.3 million dollars for the 2nd year which is why we needed to update it now."

Chairman & Ward 16's Councilmember Kazy asks,

"Total 2 year is 2 million? This is direct award?"

Director of Utilities Keane, "Just over 2 million for 2 years. Yes, it is direct award. Itron has been with us since the beginning ... on this propriety AMR system."

Cleveland Division of Water has a FAQ page about AUTOMATED METER READING ("AMR"),

clevelandwater.com/customer-servi…

Here's Wikipedia about AMR,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic…

Emergency Ordinance 276-2021 has no additional questions and stands to be approved.

Emergency Ordinance 307-2021 is introduced.

EO 307-2021 would purchase by one or more contracts for Cisco SMARTnet services to provide support and maintenance of the Division of Water’s call center network hardware and equipment and other Cisco equipment.

Emergency Ordinance 307-2021 may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Emergency Ordinance 307-2021's Executive Summary may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Director of Utilities Keane reflects,

"CISCO Smartnet is our entire call center. ... It allows for proper queuing, maintenance, oversight, and is critical to moving our call center forward."

Chairman and Ward 16 Councilmember Kazy inquires,

"Did the call center go remote during the pandemic?

This is for the Division of Water? How many people work at any given time?"

Director of Utilities Keane answers,

"At one time, at peak about 18 cell center reps worked remotely. ... We had to take some pretty dramatic steps to limit in response to the pandemic.

Yes, this is for the Division of Water...Today we are up to 54 [people in the call center].

Emergency Ordinance 307-2021 has no further questions and stands to be approved.

Emergency Ordinance 308-2021 is introduced.

This authorizes Director of Public Utilities to enter into one or more 1-year contracts with Youth Opportunities Unlimited.

Emergency Ordinance 308-2021 may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Emergency Ordinance 308-2021's Executive Summary may be accessed and read here,

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&…

Chairman & Ward 16 Councilmember quickly comments,

"This is probably one of the best pieces that we hear every year."

Director Keane states,

"I wouldn't do it justice. Council is well aware of the Y.O.U program & the important partnership with DPU for the past 16 years putting our Cleveland youth public service in their neighborhoods. Commissioner Margevicius & Stephanie Bird deserve their bow

Commissioner Margevicius,

"Stephanie Bird is with me & has been with the program 16 years since its inception & has quite a passion for it. This program was scaled back a bit last year due to social distancing, but we still had a program. We painted a bunch of fire hydrants."

Assistant Stephanie Bird reflects,

"I've had the pleasure of coordinating this program for the 16th year. I really enjoy being with our kids. We started in 2006 with kids painting fire hydrants."

Mrs. Bird continues,

"Unfortunately, last year due to the pandemic and a little bit this year we are sticking with outdoor activities. ... We had about 3 projects the kids worked in. I encourage the West Side councilmembers to invite your children."

Mrs. Bird continues,

"We painted fire hydrants in the Collinwood area. There were a number of gardens, Humphrey, Gilmore, & Worthington. Then we had Neighborhood Clean Up. Go to youtube to review TV20's reporting on Y.O.U."

Chairman and Ward 16 Councilmember Kazy asks,

"How many youth participate throughout the summer?

Mrs. Bird responds, "We had about 60 children for 4 weeks [due to the pandemic]."

Ward 3's McCormack, "Have we looked at expanding this program or increasing its reach?"

Mrs. Bird, "As far as different projects, normally you'll be surprised at our projects. We've had classes at CSU, internships, engineers working with the youth. In a normal year, yes."

Learn more about Youth Opportunities Limited here,

youthopportunities.org

Or call 216-776-3900.

Saturday is the deadline for Cleveland Councilmembers to refer 2 youth each to Y.O.U.

Cleveland's Youth Opportunities Unlimited Youtube Page,

youtube.com/user/YouthOpps…

TV20's Community Spotlight: Youth Opportunities Unlimited

TV20's The Mayor Frank G. Jackson Summer Youth Employment Program

Circa 2015, I participated in a Y.O.U and St. Clair Superior MyCom partnership with Fresh Camp at the St. Phillip Neri Family Center. I provided brief film making instruction to youth and recorded a couple of theor interviews.

Check that out,

That shameless plug was done to highlight the reach of Y.O.U.
The program is well deserved of its praise.

Again, learn more here at youthopportunities.org

Or call 216-776-3900.

Anyhow, today’s, Tuesday, May 11, 2021, Cleveland City Council's Utilities Committee Meeting adjourned at or around 12:05 PM.

Cleveland City Council's Utilities Committee approved the following nine Emergency Ordinances.

EO152-2021
EO195-2021
EO213-2021
EO214-2021
EO250-2021
EO275-2021
EO276-2021
EO307-2021
EO308-2021

Cleveland City Council's Utilities Committee held one Emergency Ordinance for two weeks.

EO230-2021

For additional information on the emergency ordinances, their corresponding contracts, and potential business relationships review the documents Cleveland City Council's Legistar.

cityofcleveland.legistar.com/DepartmentDeta…

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Post live-tweet Note: There were no further questions and stands to be approved.

Post live-tweet note: The direct reward contract with Cleveland Water Alliance is estimated at $195,000 USD

Director of Utilities Martin Keane comments, "The sensors on these buoys will measure air temperature, wave height, wind speed, algae blooms, oxygen levels, water temperatures, and other parameters. The urgency is obvious, this is the algae season.

Director Keane continues, "So we are hopeful to get these deployed. We anticipate a cost of 195 thousand USD for this year and then 195 thousand USD for the next 2 years."

Chairman Kazy, "This is basically our system? Things start going array out in the lake, this lets us know?"

Director Keane, "Yes, that's correct."