City of Ithaca update

The city councilmember covered the city's $5-6 million budget gap, Seneca Street Garage redevelopment, the ROOTS responder program, homelessness planning, and asked for county help getting TCAT back to the cleaned garage.

Reported on the city's Roots program hiring, the 75-unit Elm Street PUD facing neighborhood pushback, the Velodrome purchase for a public safety building, and the unhoused services committee's work.

Reported the city's citywide PUD expansion, red-light/speed camera request, ~$40 million in new property value for 2027, summer roadwork, HUD action plan, and fire department restructuring; discussed the Seneca Street Garage and DRI award.

The city's council liaison gave a wide-ranging update on city audits, Cass Park improvements, the ROOTS unarmed responder pilot, a just-cause labor committee, and downtown events, and invited closer city-county collaboration.

The city's council liaison gave a wide-ranging update: city audits, the Cass Park improvement project, the ROOTS unarmed responder pilot, a just-cause employment study committee, and a pitch for regular city-county meetings and regional park funding.

The City of Ithaca council member gave an update on new council orientation, resolutions supporting CMC nurses' unionization and Venezuela, and the mayor's advisory group appointments.