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January 29, 2025 ·2:00 PM Final

Council Chambers, Room 300

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Agenda — 67 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL
  2. 1 Council convened at 2:03 P.M., Mayor Aftab Pureval, 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 te 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 Cincinnati Arts Association
  8. 1. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Tracey Artis to the Cincinnati Arts Association for a term of three years expiring January 31, 2028. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA). 202500130 Confirmed Pass
  9. 7 Internal Audit Committee
  10. 2. REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby reappoint Norman C. Bouwie to the Internal Audit Committee for a term of two years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/AA). 202500131 Confirmed Pass
  11. 3. REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby reappoint Valarie Boykins to the Internal Audit Committee for a term of two years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA). 202500132 Confirmed Pass
  12. 4. REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby reappoint Tricia Williams to the Internal Audit Committee for a term of two years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White). 202500133 Confirmed Pass
  13. 11 Cincinnati Zoological Society Board
  14. 5. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Rhiannon Hoeweler to the Board of the Cincinnati Zoological Society for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White). 202500134 Confirmed Pass
  15. 13 City Planning Commission
  16. 6. REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby reappoint Vice-Mayor Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney to the City Planning Commission as the Member of Cincinnati City Council for a term of five years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA). 202500135 Confirmed
  17. 15 MAYOR AFTAB
  18. 16 MS. ALBI
  19. 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 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  20. 18 MS. KEARNEY
  21. 8. MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report within sixty (60) days including but not limited to information on what resources and mechanisms are in place for the public to report and address hate crimes, the existence of a hate crimes hotline, availability to the public of collected data, follow-up procedures, and policy for reporting data on hate crimes to City Council. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202500166 Referred to Public Safety & Governance Committee
  22. 9. MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the administration provide a report within ninety (90) days on ways that the City currently is supporting our immigrant communities. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED). 202500171 Referred to Healthy Neighborhoods Committee
  23. 21 MS. KEARNEY
  24. 22 MR. JOHNSON
  25. 23 MS. PARKS
  26. 10. MOTION (AMENDED), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney and Councilmembers Johnson and Parks, WE MOVE that the City of Cincinnati *provide a report in two weeks on what actions are currently in place to* take the following actions to ensure equity in the disbursement of the proceeds of the sale of the Cincinnati Southern Railway so that our underserved neighborhoods benefit from the proceeds from the sale in terms of both existing infrastructure and new economic development opportunities. (BALANCE ON THE FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202500167 Referred to Healthy Neighborhoods Committee
  27. 25 CITY MANAGER
  28. 11. REPORT, dated 1/29/2025 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 Lucy Blue Holdings LLC, DBA Lucy Blue, 1301 Vine Street. (#5319993, New, D5) [Objections: Yes] 202500049 Filed
  29. 12. REPORT, dated 1/29/2025 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 Church Events LLC, 118 W Ninth Street. (#1468565, New, D5) [OBJECTIONS:Yes] 202500091 Filed
  30. 13. REPORT, dated 1/29/2025 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 327 Promotion Group & Marketing LLC, 637 Walnut Street. (#7067624, TREX, D5) [OBJECTIONS:Yes] 202500093 Filed
  31. 14. REPORT, dated 1/29/2025, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Asian Food Fest 2025. 202500115 Filed
  32. 15. REPORT, dated 1/29/2025, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for The Lytle Park Hotel Wine Festival. 202500116 Filed
  33. 16. REPORT, dated 1/29/2025, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Paddlefest. 202500117 Filed
  34. 17. REPORT, dated 1/29/2025, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Ault Park Fireworks. 202500139 Filed
  35. 18. 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 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  36. 19. 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 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  37. 20. 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 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  38. 21. 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 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  39. 22. 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 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  40. 23. 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 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  41. 39 CLERK OF COUNCIL
  42. 24. REGISTRATION (UPDATE), submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Mary Kenah, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Policy Council, PO Box 4184. (EVERYTOWN) 202500168 Filed
  43. 25. REGISTRATION (UPDATE), submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Freddi Goldstein, Communications Manager, Uber Technologies, Inc., 1725 Third Street, San Francisco, CA. 94158. (UBER TECHNOLOGIES) 202500169 Filed
  44. 26. REGISTRATION (UPDATE), submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Nicole Ware, Government Relations, Associate State Dir., 41 S High Street, Suite 3550, Columbus, OH 43215. (TERMINATION) 202500170 Filed
  45. 43 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
  46. 27. MOTION (AMENDED), submitted by Councilmember Albi, Vice Mayor Kearney, and Councilmembers Owens and Nolan, WE MOVE that the FY26 Human Services Impact Award be spent on food insecurity as part of the broader gun violence prevention bucket. *This Impact Award would be used specifically for a grocery delivery pilot program. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE). 202500146 Adopted Pass
  47. 28. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Owens, Jeffreys, Albi, Nolan and Cramerding, WE MOVE that the Administration prepare an updated Human Services Fund ordinance with the following revisions. FURTHER WE MOVE that Council have the ability to declare, define, and identify the focus area for the FY26 Impact Award. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) 202500147 Adopted Pass
  48. 29. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the redirection of a donation from the Joseph Family of $5,000 from existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x255x182513, “Replacement Facilities - Police District 5,” to the unappropriated surplus of Public Safety Special Projects Fund 456 to be used to support the Cincinnati Police Department’s Community Relations Squad. 202500109 Passed Emergency Pass
  49. 46 A motion was made by Councilmember Johnson, seconded by Councilmember Parks to move items #27 & 28 back to committee. Failed of Adoption Pass
  50. 30. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/27/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept in-kind donations from the Sundance Film Festival and Film Cincinnati for the Mayor, the City Manager, and one City Manager’s Office employee to attend the four-day 2025 Sundance Film Festival beginning on January 23, 2025, in Park City, Utah. 202500156 Passed Emergency Pass
  51. 31. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Corryville Community Development Corporation, providing for a grant from the City to fund streetscape and other public infrastructure improvements to public rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $1,106,558 from the unappropriated surplus of Corryville Equivalent Fund 488 (Corryville TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 488x164x7200 to provide resources for streetscape improvements and other public infrastructure improvements along to rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $110,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Corryville Equivalent Fund 488 (Corryville TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development personnel operating budget account no. 488x164x7100 to provide staffing resources in support of the streetscape improvements and other public infrastructure improvements to public rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati; and further DECLARING expenditures from such accounts related to the streetscape and other public infrastructure improvements to public rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville 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 9-Corryville District Incentive District, subject to compliance with Ohio Revised Code Sections 5709.40 through 5709.43. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202500111 Passed Emergency Pass
  52. 32. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/27/2025, AUTHORIZING the disbursement of $250,000 of Major Events Funding included in the Approved FY 2025 General Fund Operating Budget Update for the Cincinnati Regional Sports Commission, incorrectly identified as the Greater Cincinnati Sports Commission in the Approved FY 2025 General Fund Operating Budget Update. 202500153 Passed Emergency Pass
  53. 50 SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS
  54. 50 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the redirection of a donation from the Joseph Family of $5,000 from existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x255x182513, “Replacement Facilities - Police District 5,” to the unappropriated surplus of Public Safety Special Projects Fund 456 to be used to support the Cincinnati Police Department’s Community Relations Squad. 202500109 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  55. 51 CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
  56. 51 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the redirection of a donation from the Joseph Family of $5,000 from existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x255x182513, “Replacement Facilities - Police District 5,” to the unappropriated surplus of Public Safety Special Projects Fund 456 to be used to support the Cincinnati Police Department’s Community Relations Squad. 202500109 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  57. 33. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Walsh, Cramerding, Jeffreys and Owens, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report and presentation to Council evaluating the snow removal plan implemented during the week of January 6, 2025. This report should discuss the positives from the response, lessons learned and identified areas for improvement, creative and innovative solutions to the identified areas of improvement, and funding needs to implement the areas for improvement. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202500054 Adopted Pass
  58. 34. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Albi, Owens, and Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the Department of Transportation and Engineering produce a report within 30 days on the feasibility of creating a residential sidewalk repair pilot program using Cincy on Track funding. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) 202500110 Adopted Pass
  59. 53 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/27/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept in-kind donations from the Sundance Film Festival and Film Cincinnati for the Mayor, the City Manager, and one City Manager’s Office employee to attend the four-day 2025 Sundance Film Festival beginning on January 23, 2025, in Park City, Utah. 202500156 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  60. 35. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Albi, WE MOVE that the Department of Public Services publish a report within 30 days to highlight how the City could leverage Cincy on Track funding to prioritize preventative road maintenance and use sealcoating to minimize the severity of potholes. This report should also highlight strategies that the City has previously employed and/or best practices from other peer cities across the country. 202500125 Adopted Pass
  61. 54 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/27/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept in-kind donations from the Sundance Film Festival and Film Cincinnati for the Mayor, the City Manager, and one City Manager’s Office employee to attend the four-day 2025 Sundance Film Festival beginning on January 23, 2025, in Park City, Utah. 202500156 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  62. 55 No announcements at this time.
  63. 56 Council adjourned at 3:29 P.M.
  64. 56 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Corryville Community Development Corporation, providing for a grant from the City to fund streetscape and other public infrastructure improvements to public rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $1,106,558 from the unappropriated surplus of Corryville Equivalent Fund 488 (Corryville TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 488x164x7200 to provide resources for streetscape improvements and other public infrastructure improvements along to rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $110,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Corryville Equivalent Fund 488 (Corryville TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development personnel operating budget account no. 488x164x7100 to provide staffing resources in support of the streetscape improvements and other public infrastructure improvements to public rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati; and further DECLARING expenditures from such accounts related to the streetscape and other public infrastructure improvements to public rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville 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 9-Corryville District Incentive District, subject to compliance with Ohio Revised Code Sections 5709.40 through 5709.43. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202500111 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  65. 57 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/23/2025, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Corryville Community Development Corporation, providing for a grant from the City to fund streetscape and other public infrastructure improvements to public rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $1,106,558 from the unappropriated surplus of Corryville Equivalent Fund 488 (Corryville TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 488x164x7200 to provide resources for streetscape improvements and other public infrastructure improvements along to rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of the sum of $110,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Corryville Equivalent Fund 488 (Corryville TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development personnel operating budget account no. 488x164x7100 to provide staffing resources in support of the streetscape improvements and other public infrastructure improvements to public rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati; and further DECLARING expenditures from such accounts related to the streetscape and other public infrastructure improvements to public rights-of-way including William H. Taft Road, Auburn Avenue, and McMillan Street in the Corryville 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 9-Corryville District Incentive District, subject to compliance with Ohio Revised Code Sections 5709.40 through 5709.43. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202500111 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  66. 59 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/27/2025, AUTHORIZING the disbursement of $250,000 of Major Events Funding included in the Approved FY 2025 General Fund Operating Budget Update for the Cincinnati Regional Sports Commission, incorrectly identified as the Greater Cincinnati Sports Commission in the Approved FY 2025 General Fund Operating Budget Update. 202500153 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  67. 60 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/27/2025, AUTHORIZING the disbursement of $250,000 of Major Events Funding included in the Approved FY 2025 General Fund Operating Budget Update for the Cincinnati Regional Sports Commission, incorrectly identified as the Greater Cincinnati Sports Commission in the Approved FY 2025 General Fund Operating Budget Update. 202500153 Suspension of the three readings Pass