202500616

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/2/2025, AUTHORIZING the City manager to enter into (i) a Funding and Development Agreement with Christian Community Health Services (“Crossroad”) and Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (“3CDC”) relating to the redevelopment of the existing Over-the-Rhine Recreation Center building and adjacent real property into a public health center and corresponding parking facilities, (ii) a Ground Lease to Crossroad of the health center property for a term of 55 years for the construction and operation of a health center, (iii) a Parking Project Ground Lease to Crossroad for a term of 55 years for the construction and operation of the parking facilities, and (iv) related agreements; ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251626, “North OTR Public Parking Improvements,” to provide resources for the redevelopment of the existing Over-the-Rhine Recreation Center building and adjacent real property into a public health center and corresponding parking facilities; AUHTORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $3,167,464 from the unappropriated surplus of the Urban Development Bond Fund 862 to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251626, “North OTR Public Parking Improvements,” to provide resources for the redevelopment of the existing Over-the-Rhine Recreation Center building and adjacent real property into a public health center and corresponding parking facilities; and further DECLARING expenditures from the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251626, “North OTR Public Parking Improvements,” to serve a public purpose because they will facilitate the redevelopment of the existing Over-the-Rhine Recreation Center building and adjacent real property into a public health center and corresponding parking facilities for the benefit of the citizens of Cincinnati and, in particular, the residents of Over-the-Rhine. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>).

Ordinance Passed Emergency Introduced March 31, 2025

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