ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/22/2026, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262346, “Gilbert Ave Safety Phase 1 Rehab PID 115756,” to provide resources for the Gilbert Avenue Safety Project Phase 1 (PID 115756) (the “Gilbert Avenue Safety Project”), a two-mile long Complete Street along Gilbert Avenue beginning at Court Street and ending at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, including but not limited to pavement rehabilitation, intersection and traffic signal improvements, bus stop improvements, shortened crosswalks, and protected bike lanes; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate grant resources of up to $3,800,000 from the Federal Highway Administration (ALN 20.205), administered by the Ohio Department of Transportation (“ODOT”), to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262346, “Gilbert Ave Safety Phase 1 Rehab PID 115756,” to provide resources for the Gilbert Avenue Safety Project; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x262346, “Gilbert Ave Safety Phase 1 Rehab PID 115756”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to do all things necessary to cooperate with the Director of ODOT to complete the Gilbert Avenue Safety Project.

Committee

Cincinnati City Council

Requested by

Budget, Finance & Governance Committee

Introduced

January 16, 2026

On agenda

February 4, 2026

Passed

February 4, 2026

Enacted

February 4, 2026

Enactment no.

0024-2026

Where it was heard

Cincinnati City Council Feb 4, 2026 Passed Emergency Pass Cincinnati City Council Feb 4, 2026 Emergency clause to remain Pass Cincinnati City Council Feb 4, 2026 Suspension of the three readings Pass Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Feb 2, 2026 Recommend Passage Emergency Budget, Finance & Governance Committee Jan 26, 2026 Cincinnati City Council Jan 22, 2026 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee

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