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March 19, 2025 ·2:00 PM Final

Council Chambers, Room 300

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Agenda — 60 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL
  2. 1 Council convened at 2:10 P.M., Vice Mayor Jan-Michele Kearney, Presiding.
  3. 2 Council observed a moment of silent prayer and recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
  4. 3 There being no objection, the Minutes of the previous session of Council were Approved and Filed.
  5. 3 In attendance were City Manager Sheryl Long, City Solicitor Emily Smart Woerner and Clerk of Council Melissa Autry.
  6. 4 MAYOR AFTAB
  7. 5 MS. KEARNEY
  8. 6 MS. PARKS
  9. 7 MR. WALSH
  10. 8 MS. ALBI
  11. 9 MR. CRAMERDING
  12. 10 MR. JEFFREYS
  13. 11 MR. JOHNSON
  14. 12 MR. NOLAN
  15. 13 MS. OWENS
  16. 1. RESOLUTION, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, Vice Mayor Kearney, Councilmembers Parks, Walsh, Albi, Cramerding, Jeffreys, Johnson, Nolan and Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Sharon Coolidge and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Cincinnati for Sherry and her eleven-year career reporting on Cincinnati City Hall for The Cincinnati Enquirer. 202500535 Passed Pass
  17. 15 MR. WALSH
  18. 2. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Walsh, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report within forty-five (45) days regarding all policies related to TIF funding and how it be utilized. This report should be an audit of all policies adopted by Council or implemented by the Administration since the establishment of the TIFs as well as the adoption date of each policy. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202500505 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  19. 17 CITY MANAGER
  20. 3. REPORT, dated 3/19/2025 submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for Pour Candle Co, DBA Pour Candle Bar, 5852 Hamilton Avenue. #7035408, New, D5J) [Objections: None] 202500492 Filed
  21. 4. REPORT, dated 3/19/2025 submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on a communication from the State of Ohio, Division of Liquor Control, advising of a permit application for 124 Findlay LLC, 1800 Race Street. (#65162390005, TRFO, D1 D2 D3 D3A D6) [Objections: None] 202500493 Filed
  22. 5. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/19/2025, AMENDING Ordinance No. 99-2023 to increase the amount of funding the City Manager is authorized to accept from the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (ALN 20.205) awarded through the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, from $1,199,998 to $1,325,370 and to appropriate the additional $125,372 to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x222355, “Wasson Way Federal STBG 2022,” to provide additional resources to complete the Wasson Way Trail project. 202500522 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  23. 6. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/19/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $3,536 from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project to provide resources for the Cincinnati Police Department’s Victims Assistance Liaison Unit and the Cincinnati Citizens Respect Our Witnesses program to host the 9th Annual Homicide Memorial Ceremony; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368x8533, project account no. 25CVRW. 202500523 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  24. 7. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/19/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate energy credits from energy projects and U.S. Department of the Treasury Elective Pay benefits of up to $1,100,000 in FY 2025 to Revolving Energy Loan Fund 883 to reinvest resources into other City energy projects; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit proceeds into Revolving Energy Loan Fund 883 revenue account no. 883x8569. 202500524 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  25. 23 CLERK OF COUNCIL
  26. 8. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Daniel G. Jones/Recreation/Division Manager P & D. 202500507 Filed
  27. 9. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Hanna Suhail Khoury/ETS/Information Technology Manager. 202500508 Filed
  28. 10. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Oliver Louis Kroner/Office of Environment & Sustainability/Director. 202500509 Filed
  29. 11. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Sheryl Marie Long/City Manager 202500510 Filed
  30. 12. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Richard Joseph Merz III/Parks/Division Manager. 202500511 Filed
  31. 13. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Tara Jo Songer/Finance/Finance Manager. 202500512 Filed
  32. 14. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Sean Ware/ETS/Director. 202500513 Filed
  33. 15. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Andrea Yang/Interim Executive Director. 202500514 Filed
  34. 16. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Michaela Burris, Ohio Justice & Policy Center, Policy Director, 341 South Third St., Columbus, Ohio 43215. (OHIO JUSTICE & POLICY CENTER) 202500516 Filed
  35. 17. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Annalese Cahill, Government Affairs, Government Relations Manager, 225 E Fifth Street, Suite 1900 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (H. HAFNER AND SONS INC) 202500517 Filed
  36. 18. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Matt Davis, Government Affairs, Founder, 225 E Fifth Street, Suite 1900 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (H. HAFNER AND SONS INC) 202500518 Filed
  37. 19. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Colleen Reynolds, Government Affairs, Partner, 225 E Fifth Street, Suite 1900 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (H. HAFNER AND SONS INC) 202500521 Filed
  38. 36 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
  39. 20. MOTION (AMENDED), submitted by Councilmembers Jeffreys and Cramerding, WE MOVE that the Cincinnati Parks Department work with Great Parks of Hamilton County to evaluate: The Futures Commission’s recommendation to have Great Parks manage Mt. Airy Forest and French Park, any associated costs to Great Parks, as well as any cost savings to Cincinnati Parks. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED). 202500471 Adopted Pass
  40. 21. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Jeffreys and Cramerding, WE MOVE that within 90 days, the Cincinnati Parks Department and Cincinnati Recreation Commission (CRC) evaluate the Futures Commission’s proposal for transferring the management of the 954 acres of greenspace currently under CRC to Cincinnati Parks, including any implications for staffing, equipment, potential cost savings, and the ability of CRC to focus on managing recreation centers and continue to deliver best-in-class programming. (STATEMENT ATTACHED). 202500472 Adopted Pass
  41. 22. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a U.S. Department of Energy Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation grant (ALN 81.117) of up to $100,000 from the University of Cincinnati to Environment and Sustainability Fund 436 to research and develop building performance standards; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Environment and Sustainability Fund revenue account no. 436x8543, Office of Environment and Sustainability project account no. 25DOERECI, “FY 2025 DOE Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation.” 202500461 Passed Emergency Pass
  42. 23. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $15,881 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Mosquito Control Grant Program to investigate the prevalence of mosquito vectors and the incidence of infection in the mosquito populations, to identify density locations for mosquito vector species, and to educate communities in the immediate area on how to reduce the mosquito populations; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536. 202500462 Passed Pass
  43. 41 SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS
  44. 42 PUBLIC SAFETY & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
  45. 42 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a U.S. Department of Energy Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation grant (ALN 81.117) of up to $100,000 from the University of Cincinnati to Environment and Sustainability Fund 436 to research and develop building performance standards; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Environment and Sustainability Fund revenue account no. 436x8543, Office of Environment and Sustainability project account no. 25DOERECI, “FY 2025 DOE Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation.” 202500461 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  46. 24. ORDINANCE, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, MODIFYING Chapter 723, “Streets and Sidewalks, Use Regulations,” by ORDAINING new Section 723-77, “Trespass in a Designated Bus Rapid Transit Zone,” and by AMENDING Section 723-26, “Designated Streetcar Transit Zone,” to promote the safe and efficient operation of a bus rapid transit system in the public right-of-way. 202500335 Indefinitely Postponed Pass
  47. 43 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a U.S. Department of Energy Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation grant (ALN 81.117) of up to $100,000 from the University of Cincinnati to Environment and Sustainability Fund 436 to research and develop building performance standards; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Environment and Sustainability Fund revenue account no. 436x8543, Office of Environment and Sustainability project account no. 25DOERECI, “FY 2025 DOE Resilient and Efficient Codes Implementation.” 202500461 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  48. 25. ORDINANCE (B VERSION), submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, MODIFYING Chapter 723, “Streets and Sidewalks, Use Regulations,” by ORDAINING new Section 723-77, “Trespass in a Designated Bus Rapid Transit Zone,” and by AMENDING Section 723-26, “Designated Streetcar Transit Zone,” to promote the safe and efficient operation of a bus rapid transit system in the public right-of-way. 202500544 Passed Pass
  49. 26. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, MODIFYING Chapter 307, "Classified Compensation Schedules," of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 634 to move the classification of Carpenter from Division 03 to Division D1. 202500460 Passed Emergency Pass
  50. 45 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $15,881 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Mosquito Control Grant Program to investigate the prevalence of mosquito vectors and the incidence of infection in the mosquito populations, to identify density locations for mosquito vector species, and to educate communities in the immediate area on how to reduce the mosquito populations; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536. 202500462 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  51. 46 HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
  52. 27. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Windsor Street at Gilbert Avenue in the Walnut Hills neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of “Larry A. Donald Way” in honor of Larry A. Donald, and in recognition of his contributions to the Cincinnati community and the sport of boxing. 202500464 Passed Emergency Pass
  53. 28. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Albi, WE MOVE that the City Administration implement an opt-in text messaging pilot program leveraging either our existing CincyAlerts platform or another community engagement platform. This program would ensure that the City is proactive in using push communication to inform residents about important events happening in Cincinnati. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE). 202500468 Adopted Pass
  54. 49 No announcements at this time.
  55. 50 Council adjourned at 3:01 P.M.
  56. 50 ORDINANCE (B VERSION), submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, MODIFYING Chapter 723, “Streets and Sidewalks, Use Regulations,” by ORDAINING new Section 723-77, “Trespass in a Designated Bus Rapid Transit Zone,” and by AMENDING Section 723-26, “Designated Streetcar Transit Zone,” to promote the safe and efficient operation of a bus rapid transit system in the public right-of-way. 202500544 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  57. 52 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, MODIFYING Chapter 307, "Classified Compensation Schedules," of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 634 to move the classification of Carpenter from Division 03 to Division D1. 202500460 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  58. 53 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 3/12/2025, MODIFYING Chapter 307, "Classified Compensation Schedules," of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 634 to move the classification of Carpenter from Division 03 to Division D1. 202500460 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  59. 56 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Windsor Street at Gilbert Avenue in the Walnut Hills neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of “Larry A. Donald Way” in honor of Larry A. Donald, and in recognition of his contributions to the Cincinnati community and the sport of boxing. 202500464 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  60. 57 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, DECLARING that Windsor Street at Gilbert Avenue in the Walnut Hills neighborhood shall hereby receive the honorary, secondary name of “Larry A. Donald Way” in honor of Larry A. Donald, and in recognition of his contributions to the Cincinnati community and the sport of boxing. 202500464 Suspension of the three readings Pass