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Residents press council on explosion response, tenant rights, Harvard Landfill remediation and CVS parcel plans
Summary
Multiple residents used public comment to criticize the city's response to a recent explosion that displaced families, demand a citywide crisis response plan, press for remediation at the Harvard Landfill in Slavic Village and request that legislation tied to a former CVS parcel be officially tabled.
A string of public commenters at the Cleveland City Council meeting urged the city to do more for families displaced by a recent explosion, called for stronger tenant protections and pressed the city to move remedial projects in underinvested neighborhoods.
Several speakers described continuing trauma after the explosion that displaced “more than 150 residents and 44 families.” “They were unheard and unseen,” Austria Everson of the Love Project movement said, referring to a family who had attended the previous meeting and left in tears. “People are tired.”
Bridget Smith Jackson, who identified herself as from East Cleveland, thanked staff who responded but said the coordinated response to the explosion was…
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