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Committee clarifies $75,000 allocation for CHEERS project to benefit Cleveland Metroparks and Inner City Yacht Club
Summary
An amendment clarified that $75,000 in ARPA-related funds tied to the Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Strategy (CHEERS) can flow to Cleveland Metroparks to support improvements at the Inner City Yacht Club (A/B dock installation and pump‑out dock); committee approved the ordinance amendment
The Municipal Services and Properties Committee on Jan. 6 approved an amendment to prior legislation clarifying that $75,000 in revenue recovery (ARPA-related) funds may be used for Metroparks-led improvements to the Inner City Yacht Club as part of the Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Strategy (CHEERS) project.
The director of capital projects said the change was needed because earlier ordinances were narrowly written to route funds to the Port Authority for detailed design; this amendment makes clear the additional $75,000 can be transferred to Cleveland Metroparks to support improvements at the Inner City Yacht Club, Cleveland’s historically Black yacht club and a tenant of Metroparks.
The nut graf: The funding will support A/B dock installation and a pump‑out dock to pair with an ODNR-funded pump‑out station; Metroparks and other agencies are partners in the multi‑decade CHEERS project, which aims to create shoreline resilience and new park space while providing permanent containment capacity for dredged materials.
The director described CHEERS as a long-term, multi-agency initiative that would build new confined disposal or containment areas off Lake Erie near Gordon Park, create park and recreation space and address dredge-material needs for the Cuyahoga River. The ordinance raises the council member allocation from $50,000 to $75,000 so funds can flow to Metroparks as originally intended.
Council members voiced support and noted the project’s long timeline; Councilman Harrison called the plan "Edgewater 2.0" to describe the east-side lakefront vision. The committee approved the ordinance amendment.
Ending: The amendment clarifies funding paths so Metroparks can carry out dock installations and pump‑out infrastructure work at the Inner City Yacht Club as part of the broader CHEERS early-implementation activities; Metroparks will administer the work supported by the clarified allocation.
