Budget, Finance & Governance Committee

Council Chambers, Room 300

Agenda — 27 items

1. 1 PRESENTATIONS
2. 1 ROLL CALL
3. 2 Cincinnati Municipal Airport – Lunken Field
4. 3 Greg Long, Interim Director, Department of Transportation and Engineering
5. 4 Jaime Edrosa, Division Manager – Lunken Airport, Department of Transportation and Engineering
6. 6 AGENDA
7. 8 PRESENTATION
8. 1. PRESENTATION submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 1/27/2025, regarding the Cincinnati Municipal Airport - Lunken Field. 202500155 Filed
9. 11 MOTIONS
10. 2. MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report within two (2) weeks reviewing the plan by Pig Works to acquire and renovate 792 E. McMillan in Walnut Hills for use as its headquarters with $340,000 in funding from the Capital Project Fund. This report should include a brief summary of the project, past requests and funding of the project by the City of Cincinnati, any pertinent information from the Administration on the project, and a final recommendation by the Administration as to whether to fund the project. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202500136 Indefinitely Postponed
11. 3. MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report within two (2) weeks reviewing the plan by the Winton Hills Community Council to acquire and renovate the Mother of Christ Church, located at 5301 Winneste Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45232 in Winton Hills, for use as a community hub and resource center with $250,000 in funding from the Capital Project Fund. This report should include a brief summary of the project, past requests and funding of the project by the City of Cincinnati, any pertinent information from the Administration on the project, and a final recommendation by the Administration as to whether to fund the project. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202500137 Indefinitely Postponed
12. 4. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Owens, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report within two (2) weeks review the American Sign Museum’s Solar Conversion Project for possible usage from the Capital Project Fund. This report should include a brief summary of the project, past asks for funding and administrative support of the project by the City of Cincinnati, any additional information the city administration deems pertinent to the project, and a final recommendation by the administration as to whether or not fund the project. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202500138 Indefinitely Postponed
13. 5. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report within two (2) weeks on leveraging the FY25 Carryover Budget Capital Project Fund for Police, Fire and DPS fleet needs. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202500184 Indefinitely Postponed
14. 17 MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGES
15. 6. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/23/2025, MODIFYING Chapter 402, “Airport,” by AMENDING Section 402-24, “Lunken Airport Use Fees,” to authorize the City Manager to establish fees for the landing, parking, and mooring of aircraft, for special events, and other uses including the United States Customs and Border Protection facility at Lunken Airport. 202500052 Held
16. 20 GRANTS AND DONATIONS
17. 7. ORDINANCE, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval and Councilmember Albi, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant up to $50,000 from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge grant program to support a grocery delivery pilot program in Cincinnati. 202500150 Recommend Passage
18. 8. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the establishment of new capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251624, “Shillito’s West Remediation - ODOD Grant,” to provide additional asbestos abatement to real property located at 137 W. Seventh Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $1,063,080 from the Ohio Department of Development through the Hamilton County Land Reutilization Corporation and the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251624, “Shillito’s West Remediation - ODOD Grant,” to provide additional asbestos abatement to real property located at 137 W. Seventh Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati. 202500149 Recommend Passage Emergency
19. 9. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the establishment of new capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251620, “ODOD Poste II Assessment - Grant,” for Voluntary Action Program-compliant environmental assessments and preparation of a remedial action plan for the real property located at 750, 752, and 758 E. McMillan Street in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati (“the Poste II site assessment”); and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant of up to $205,131 from the Ohio Department of Development through the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x164x251620, “ODOD Poste II Assessment - Grant,” for the Poste II site assessment. 202500158 Recommend Passage Emergency
20. 10. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $108,000 from the FY 2024 Ohio Drug Law Enforcement Fund through the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services, to provide resources for personnel costs related to investigations conducted pursuant to Title III of the Federal Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Law Enforcement Grant Fund 368, Project Account No. 25ODLE. 202500159 Recommend Passage
21. 11. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the establishment of capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251925, “Camp Washington Skate Park - ODNR Grant,” to provide grant resources for the construction of a skate park at the Camp Washington Recreation Area; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant of up to $300,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (ALN 15.916), awarded by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251925, “Camp Washington Skate Park - ODNR Grant,” to provide resources for the construction of a skate park at the Camp Washington Recreation Area; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x199x251925, “Camp Washington Skate Park - ODNR Grant.” 202500151 Recommend Passage Emergency
22. 12. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/29/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $18,250 from the University of Cincinnati Physicians to provide resources for necessary training equipment for the Cincinnati Fire Department’s Paramedic School; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Fire Grants and Donations Fund revenue account no. 472x8571. 202500152 Recommend Passage
23. 28 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT
24. 13. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/29/2025, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with 510 W Liberty, LLC, thereby authorizing a twelve-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 510 W. Liberty Street in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of two existing buildings into approximately 5,875 square feet of residential space consisting of approximately 13 residential rental units, at a total remodeling cost of approximately $766,717. 202500162 Recommend Passage Emergency
25. 31 ADJOURNMENT
26. 32 NEW BUSINESS
27. 14. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Cramerding, WE MOVE that the administration prepare a report within three weeks on the various proposals that have been submitted for consideration of funding from the Capital Project Fund. The report should cover basic details such as a brief summary of the project, past funding requests, any outstanding obligations, or other pertinent information that would impact the project. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) 202500204 Adopt