Housing & Growth

Council Chambers, Room 300

Agenda — 15 items

1. 1 AGENDA
2. 3 PRESENTATIONS
3. 5 Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority Presentation
4. 6 Gregory D. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, CMHA
5. 7 Gary Boeres, Development Director, CMHA
6. 8 Reema Ruberg, Chief Operating Officer, CMHA
7. 1. PRESENTATION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys regarding the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority 202600753
8. 2. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RENAMING Bank Street to William L. Mallory, Sr. Street in the West End neighborhood of the City of Cincinnati notwithstanding Council Resolution No. 16-2003, any Committee of Names conflicting rules and regulations, or any provision of the Cincinnati Municipal Code that would prohibit a street name that is similar to another street name outside the City of Cincinnati but within Hamilton County; MODIFYING Chapter 507, “One-Way Streets,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Sections 507-1-C6, “Colerain Avenue, south from Brighton Lane to Bank Street,” 507-1-W4, “Western Avenue, south from Bank Street to Gest Street,” and 5074-1-W7, “Western Avenue, south from Bank Street to Gest Street,” and 507-1-W7, “Winchell Avenue, north from Lincoln Park Drive to 125 feet north of Bank Street,” to reflect the name change of Bank Street to William L. Mallory, Sr. Street. 202600424
9. 3. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Chickering Avenue at Este Avenue in the Spring Grove Village neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of “Amir Anthony Jordan Way” in honor of Amir Anthony Jordan, a beloved son, brother, grandson, and community member whose kindness, imagination, and compassion left a lasting impact on all who knew him. 202600261
10. 4. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/11/2026, APPROVING, AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with The Citadel at 8th LLC, thereby authorizing an eight-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 114 E. Eighth Street in Downtown Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into approximately 7,500 square feet of commercial office space and approximately 7,500 square feet of residential space consisting of eight residential rental dwelling units, at a total construction cost of approximately $950,000. 202600453
11. 5. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/11/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Urban Sites Capital Advisors, LLC providing for a grant from the City to fund design plans and engineering services to facilitate future streetscape improvements and other public infrastructure improvements to public rights-of-way including the portion of Walnut Street located north of E. 14th Street and south of Liberty Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $87,230 from the unappropriated surplus of the Downtown/OTR East Equivalent Fund 483 (Downtown/OTR East TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 483x164x7400 to provide resources for streetscape improvements and other public infrastructure improvements to rights-of-way including the portion of Walnut Street located north of E. 14th Street and south of Liberty Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati; and further DECLARING expenditures from such accounts related to the design plans and engineering services to facilitate future streetscape improvements and other public infrastructure improvements to public rights-of-way including the portion of Walnut Street located north of E. 14th Street and south of Liberty Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, to be a public purpose and constitute a “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(A)(8)) that will benefit and/or serve the District 4-Downtown/OTR East District Incentive District, subject to compliance with Ohio Revised Code Sections 5709.40 through 5709.43. 202600491
12. 6. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/11/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a release of easements to terminate certain easement rights benefitting the City of Cincinnati for the construction, maintenance, repair and operation of a subway for rapid transit and railway purposes, for constructing and maintaining a retaining wall and footings for the same, for the right of ingress and egress to adjacent subway tubes under Montgomery Road, and any easements reserved by law for public utilities, all over a portion of real property located along or near Harris Avenue in the City of Norwood. 202600425
13. 7. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Walsh and Jeffreys, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report within forty-five (45) days establishing a metric for success of our currently established TIF districts. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) 202600419
14. 8. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Walsh and Jeffreys, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report within sixty (60) days on restrictions and policies in the zoning and building codes that impact the ability to more easily build quality development including, but not limited to, minimum lot sizes, setbacks and yard requirements, single stair reform, and ADU restrictions. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) 202600405
15. 19 ADJOURNMENT