Development, Planning and Sustainability Committee, October 27, 2026

At the October 27, 2026, Cleveland City Council Development, Planning and Sustainability Committee meeting, members approved Ordinance 1039-2026 without objection, transferring multiple city-held parcels to the Industrial Commercial Land Bank for future redevelopment. Staff said the transfer can avoid property-tax accrual while sites are prepared, allow environmental review, and provide flexibility to solicit proposals through RFPs or RFQs and work with developers, subject to council-member support for future use. The committee also approved ordinances correcting parcel information for St. Jerome and St. Mary’s landmarks and designating the State Vocational Planning Center as a Cleveland landmark; staff said landmark designation could help the owner, Kismmet, pursue state historic tax credits for redevelopment. No costs were identified for the landmark corrections.

The committee discussed Ordinance 1243-2026, which would authorize the city to accept a $1 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development community project grant and enter into a grant agreement with the Northern Ohio Recovery Association for phase two of Nora Village. The funding, directed by Congress for this project, would support construction of four approximately 1,300-square-foot recovery-housing units, along with site work, design and related costs; staff stated there is no local match or other city financial contribution. The transcript ends after questions and does not show a vote on this ordinance.