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Committee files motions on vacant building registry, rental‑listing API and approves alley rename request from California neighborhood
Summary
Council members filed administrative reports seeking to leverage vacant building registry data, to study an API or vendor to aggregate rental listings, and accepted a permanent alley renaming request to honor a community historian.
The Equitable Growth and Housing Committee received and filed several administrative motions and a street‑name request affecting multiple neighborhoods.
Vacant building registration: Council Member Nolan and cosponsors introduced a motion asking the administration to report on how data from the newly adopted vacant building registration program can be used to help property owners return buildings to productive use, potentially adding housing. Nolan said the registry should track violations and identify opportunities for assistance rather than solely punish owners.
Rental‑listing API study: The committee also filed a motion from the vice mayor requesting a 60‑day administrative report on the feasibility of an application programming interface (API) or an outside vendor to scan and aggregate online apartment listings for an updated rental registry. The administration said it is vetting an external organization that has worked with city offices and the mayor’s office on rental registry options and that the report will include law and administration feedback on vendors and technical options.
Street renaming request: The committee received a request from the California neighborhood community council to permanently rename a segment of Smith Alley to "Frazier Alley" to honor the late community historian Jackie Frazier. City staff explained the committee on names follows an established checklist, including that honorees be deceased and that the proposed name not be too similar to existing Hamilton County street names. The committee voted to place the permanent street name change on the passage calendar.
Ending: The committee filed the administrative reports and placed the street renaming on the agenda for passage; no fiscal details or implementation timelines were provided in committee discussion for the registry or API studies.
