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Local minister outlines 'Operation Safe Landing' plan for community restoration
Summary
Minister Kevin Baldwin presented a multi-step plan called Operation Safe Landing proposing data-driven teams, target populations and decision trees to address crises and trauma in Cleveland neighborhoods.
Minister Kevin Baldwin of True Holiness Temple delivered a public comment outlining a plan he called "Operation Safe Landing," a community-restoration strategy that emphasizes data collection, target populations, organized work teams and decision-tree planning.
"First, we need information and data on crisis, problems, and issues affecting the city of Cleveland negatively and impacting it with trauma," Baldwin said. He outlined a sequence: gather data on problems, identify target populations and areas, organize work teams, engage key influencers and set target dates for rolling out interventions. Baldwin described the approach as ‘‘social restoration to community engineering’’ and said it has worked previously in other efforts.
Baldwin told council the plan uses a decision tree to guide choices and urged expeditious action, saying, "The longer we wait, things are not getting any better."
Why it matters: Baldwin’s remarks present a community-led framework focused on trauma-informed neighborhood work and timed rollouts; the plan seeks collaboration with council and city agencies but no formal referral or funding request was recorded during the meeting.
Council response: the item was part of public comment; there was no recorded motion to refer Operation Safe Landing to a committee or administration during this meeting.
