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December 11, 2024 ·2:00 PM Final

Council Chambers, Room 300

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Agenda — 103 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL
  2. 1 Council convened at 2:27 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 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 Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
  8. 1. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Lann Field to the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) Board of Commissioners for a term of five years, beginning November 20,2024. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White). 202402446 Confirmed Pass
  9. 7 Cincinnati Planning Commission
  10. 2. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Darrick Dansby to the Cincinnati Planning Commission for a term of 5 years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/AA). 202402515 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  11. 9 Cincinnati Southern Railway Board of Trustees
  12. 3. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Liz Keating to the Cincinnati Southern Railway Board of Trustees for a term of 5 years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice and consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White). 202402516 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  13. 11 MR. WALSH
  14. 4. RESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Walsh, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Edward Heskamp and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Cincinnati for his exemplary commitment to faith, family, and community, which has left an enduring impact on the lives of those around him. 202402511 Passed Pass
  15. 13 MR. CRAMERDING
  16. 5. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Cramerding, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $150,000 from existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x203x232023, “MLK Jr. Park,” to source Fund No. 050, “General Fund,” to realign sources with uses; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $150,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Fund No. 050, “General Fund,” to Department of City Planning and Engagement General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x171x7200 to provide one-time resources for the Price Hill Landing engagement process. 202402499 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  17. 15 MS. KEARNEY
  18. 6. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $2,310 within the General Fund from Vice Mayor Kearney’s General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x029x7100 to Vice Mayor Kearney’s General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x029x7200 to realign the office budget for Vice Mayor Kearney. 202402502 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  19. 17 MR. CRAMERDING
  20. 18 MR. JEFFREYS
  21. 19 MS. OWENS
  22. 7. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Cramerding, Jeffreys and Owens, WE MOVE that the administration provide a report on homeless encampments in Cincinnati. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) 202402557 Referred to Equitable Growth & Housing Committee
  23. 21 MR. NOLAN
  24. 22 MR. WALSH
  25. 8. MOTION (AMENDED), submitted by Councilmembers Nolan, Walsh and Jeffreys, WE MOVE that the Administration work with the Department of Transportation and Engineering, Cincinnati Police, along with the appropriate state agencies and neighboring jurisdictions on both sides of the river, to identify and implement temporary measures to mitigate significant traffic delays due to the closure of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202402558 Referred to Climate, Environment & Infrastructure Committee
  26. 24 MR. WALSH
  27. 25 MS. KEARNEY
  28. 9. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Walsh and Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report within 60 days on potential grants, loan funding programs, and possible funding sources for businesses impacted by City construction projects. (STATEMENT ATTACHED). 202402527 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  29. 27 MR. JEFFREYS
  30. 10. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, WE MOVE that the Administration issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a modular or manufactured commercial apartment housing development to be piloted on a city-owned surface parking lot in Downtown. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202402534 Referred to Equitable Growth & Housing Committee
  31. 29 MS. OWENS
  32. 11. MOTION (AMENDED), submitted by Councilmember Owen, WE MOVE that the administration review the recently completed zoning diagnostic report prepared for the Camp Washington Urban Redevelopment Corporation (CWURC) to identify the best course of action for the revitalization of the Camp Washington neighborhood. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED). 202402541 Referred to Equitable Growth & Housing Committee
  33. 12. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Owens, WE MOVE that the administration prepare a report within 60 days to address the following concerns that are related to reconnecting Queensgate to Downtown during the design build process of the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor. WE FURTHER MOVE that the administration compare the current proposed local one-way street system across I-75 in Queensgate with the Signature Street Concept attached. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202402548 Referred to Climate, Environment & Infrastructure Committee
  34. 32 CITY MANAGER
  35. 13. REPORT, dated 12/11/2024 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 Art Opportunities Inc, DBA Artworks, 2429 Gilbert Avenue. (#0295942, New, D5H) [OBJECTIONS: None] 202402361 Filed
  36. 14. REPORT, dated 12/11/2024 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 Sophia OH LLC, 3200 Linwood Avenue. (#8360000, TREX, D1 D2 D3) [Objections: None] 202402413 Filed
  37. 15. REPORT, dated 12/11/2024 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 HP Commerce LLC, DBA Chacabanas, 1301 Main Street. (#4017207, TFOL, D5) [Objections: None] 202402444 Filed
  38. 16. REPORT, dated 12/11/2024 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 Mt Washington Pizzeria Inc, 2111 Beechmont Avenue & basement (#62127580015, New, D5J) [ Objections: None] 202402464 Filed
  39. 17. REPORT, dated 12/11/2024 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 Grasam LLC, 3538 Columbia Parkway. (#3323706, TRFO, D5 D6) [Objections: None] 202402465 Filed
  40. 18. REPORT, dated 12/11/2024 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 Sake Sushi LLC, DBA Sake, 2614 Short Vine Street. (# 7677138, New, D1) [Objections: None] 202402489 Filed
  41. 19. REPORT, dated 12/11/2024 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 Seymour BP Gas LLC, 2098 Seymour Avenue. (#8006895, STCK, C1 C2 D6) [Objections: None] 202402496 Filed
  42. 20. REPORT, dated 12/11/2024 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 Bloom Market & Café LLC, 124 E 7th Street Suite 2 (#0733966, New, C1 C2) [Objections: None] 202402497 Filed
  43. 21. REPORT, dated 12/11/2024 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 Clifton Entertainment Group LLC, DBA Top Cats, 2820 Vine Street 1st floor patio & basement. (#1550388, TRFO, D5J D6) [Objections: None] 202402498 Filed
  44. 22. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/11/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and deposit a donation of $446,511.22 from the Cincinnati Park Board Commissioners’ Fund into Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 for use by the Parks Department; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $260,163.22 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 to various operating budget accounts according to the attached Schedule A to provide resources for various operating needs of the Parks Department; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $185,692.82 from the unappropriated surplus of Parks Private Endowment and Donations Fund 430 to existing capital improvement program project accounts according to the attached Schedule B to provide resources for Parks Department capital improvement program projects. 202402500 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  45. 23. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/11/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant of up to $200,000 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Recycling Community and Litter program to provide interior recycling bins to residents of two- to four-unit multi-family dwellings located primarily in the Rising 15 Neighborhoods. 202402501 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  46. 24. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/11/2024, AUTHORIZING the payment of $280 from Cincinnati Recreation Commission Recreation Special Activities Fund operating budget account no. 323x197x2720x7289 as a moral obligation to Rick Adams for outstanding charges related to officiating games; and AUTHORIZING the payment of $1,610 from Cincinnati Recreation Commission Recreation Special Activities Fund operating budget account no. 323x197x2720x7289 as a moral obligation to George Burnett for outstanding charges related to officiating games. 202402503 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  47. 25. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/11/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for a grant of up to $5,000,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grant program (ALN 66.920) to replace the City’s aging original recycling cart fleet. 202402504 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  48. 26. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/11/2024, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252346, “Landslide Mitigation PROTECT Grant,” to provide landslide and retaining wall failure mitigation throughout the City; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a Promoting Resilient Operations for Cost-Saving Transportation (“PROTECT”) grant (ALN 20.205) of up to $10,079,824 from the U.S. Department of Transportation and administered by the Federal Highway Administration to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252346, “Landslide Mitigation PROTECT Grant”; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant resources into the newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x233x252346, “Landslide Mitigation PROTECT Grant”; and AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any agreements necessary for the receipt and administration of these grant resources. 202402505 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  49. 27. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/11/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $1,000 from the Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati to provide resources for Cincinnati Fire Department team building and promotional events; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into General Fund 050 revenue account no. 050x8571; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Cincinnati Fire Department non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x272x7300 for Cincinnati Fire Department team building and promotional events. 202402513 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  50. 28. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/11/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Water Service Agreement with the Village of Cleves, Ohio, for the purpose of providing standby emergency surplus water service through December 31, 2050. 202402519 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  51. 49 CLERK OF COUNCIL
  52. 29. APPOINTMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council, I hereby recommend the appointment of Vanessa Daniel as a Deputy Clerk in the Office of the Clerk of Council pursuant to Article II, Section 5a of the Charter of the City of Cincinnati. 202402479 Confirmed Pass
  53. 51 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
  54. 30. RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, ADOPTING the Calendar Year Budget for Current Operating Expenses of the City of Cincinnati for the calendar year 2026 and submitting the same to the County Auditor. 202402463 Passed Emergency Pass
  55. 31. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Cramerding and Albi, WE MOVE that the administration prepare a report in the wake of the fire and destruction of the 1,000 hands playground at Sawyer Point, resulting in the damage and closure of the I-471 Daniel Carter Beard Bridge. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202402487 Adopted Pass
  56. 32. REPORT, dated 12/4/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the Finance and Budget Monitoring Report for the Period Ending September 30, 2024. 202402467 Approved & Filed
  57. 33. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $250,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to the Cincinnati Health Department’s Cincinnati Health District Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 416x261x7200 to provide one-time funding in FY 2025 to support mental health and safety services for transgender and gender non-binary youth. 202402452 Passed Emergency Pass
  58. 55 RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, ADOPTING the Calendar Year Budget for Current Operating Expenses of the City of Cincinnati for the calendar year 2026 and submitting the same to the County Auditor. 202402463 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  59. 34. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $482.72 from various American Rescue Plan project accounts to the unappropriated surplus of the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund in accordance with the attached Appropriation Schedule; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $483.65 from the unappropriated surplus of the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to ARP project account no. 469x101xARP300, “Fiscal Stability,” to provide resources for fiscal stability as revenue replacement in FY 2025. 202402461 Passed Emergency Pass
  60. 56 RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, ADOPTING the Calendar Year Budget for Current Operating Expenses of the City of Cincinnati for the calendar year 2026 and submitting the same to the County Auditor. 202402463 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  61. 35. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $79,268.41 from the unappropriated surplus of Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x232522, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment funded by the sale and subrogation proceeds of obsolete automotive and motorized equipment. 202402460 Passed Emergency Pass
  62. 36. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $25,000 from the Ohio Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, funded by the Ohio Department of Health, to assist in reducing lead exposure of children in high-risk communities through education and outreach activities during the Healthy Homes Awareness Month in April 2025; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536. 202402462 Passed Pass
  63. 37. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $100 from Andrew Crosier of CWC Films to be used for a program of need as determined by the City Manager; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donation into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8572; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $100 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200. 202402453 Passed Emergency Pass
  64. 38. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, DEDICATING, ACCEPTING, AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of an approximately 0.0034-acre tract of real property and a 0.0165-acre tract of real property as a portion of the Carthage Court public right-of-way for street purposes in the Roselawn neighborhood of Cincinnati. 202402456 Passed Pass
  65. 60 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $250,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to the Cincinnati Health Department’s Cincinnati Health District Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 416x261x7200 to provide one-time funding in FY 2025 to support mental health and safety services for transgender and gender non-binary youth. 202402452 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  66. 39. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale, Funding, and Development Agreement with Pleasant Ridge Development Corporation and 6100 Montgomery, LLC, pursuant to which the City will vacate and sell an approximately 0.0118-acre tract of real property designated as public right-of-way, being a portion of Ridge Avenue generally located at the southeast corner of Montgomery Road and Ridge Avenue in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati. 202402466 Passed Emergency Pass
  67. 61 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $250,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Cincinnati Health District Fund 416 to the Cincinnati Health Department’s Cincinnati Health District Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 416x261x7200 to provide one-time funding in FY 2025 to support mental health and safety services for transgender and gender non-binary youth. 202402452 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  68. 40. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Seventh Amendment to the Warren County Water Area Contract between the City of Cincinnati and the Board of County Commissioners of Warren County, Ohio to modify the area in the original agreement to be served by the City. 202402468 Passed Emergency Pass
  69. 41. RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, DESIGNATING specific City personnel to request advances from the Auditor of Hamilton County as required by Sections 321.34 of the Ohio Revised Code; and REQUESTING that the Auditor of Hamilton County draw and the Treasurer of Hamilton County pay on such draft to the Treasurer of the City of Cincinnati weekly, beginning January 6, 2025, funds derived from such taxes which may be in the county treasury to the account of the City of Cincinnati. 202402469 Passed Emergency Pass
  70. 63 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $482.72 from various American Rescue Plan project accounts to the unappropriated surplus of the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund in accordance with the attached Appropriation Schedule; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $483.65 from the unappropriated surplus of the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to ARP project account no. 469x101xARP300, “Fiscal Stability,” to provide resources for fiscal stability as revenue replacement in FY 2025. 202402461 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  71. 42. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Seventh Street Living, LLC, thereby authorizing a fifteen-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 36 E. Seventh Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into mixed-use space containing approximately 2,700 square feet of commercial retail space, approximately 4,000 square feet of commercial office space, and approximately 205,214 square feet of residential space consisting of approximately 162 residential rental units, which remodeling shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold, or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards, at a total remodeling cost of approximately $50,653,948. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>) 202402470 Passed Emergency Pass
  72. 64 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $482.72 from various American Rescue Plan project accounts to the unappropriated surplus of the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund in accordance with the attached Appropriation Schedule; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $483.65 from the unappropriated surplus of the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to ARP project account no. 469x101xARP300, “Fiscal Stability,” to provide resources for fiscal stability as revenue replacement in FY 2025. 202402461 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  73. 65 SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS
  74. 66 PUBLIC SAFETY & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
  75. 66 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $79,268.41 from the unappropriated surplus of Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x232522, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment funded by the sale and subrogation proceeds of obsolete automotive and motorized equipment. 202402460 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  76. 43. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/14/2024, AMENDING Chapter 307, “Classified Compensation Schedules,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by MODIFYING Section 849 of Division 1 to change the classification title of Florist to the new classification title of Horticulturist. 202402369 Passed Emergency Pass
  77. 67 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $79,268.41 from the unappropriated surplus of Miscellaneous Permanent Improvement Fund 757 to capital improvement program project account no. 980x981x232522, “Fleet Replacements - Obsolete,” to acquire automotive and motorized equipment funded by the sale and subrogation proceeds of obsolete automotive and motorized equipment. 202402460 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  78. 44. ORDINANCE (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, MODIFYING Chapter 307, “Classified Compensation Schedules,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Sections 84 and 510 of Division D0C to update the classification titles for the positions of Engineering Technical Supervisor and Engineer Intern; and AMENDING Sections 515, 216, 539, and 544, and 683 of Division D8 to increase the salary range schedules for the positions of Supervising Engineer, Principal Engineer, Water Works Chief Engineer, Sewer Chief Engineer and City Stormwater Management Engineer. 202402449 Passed Emergency Pass
  79. 45. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/20/2024, MODIFYING Chapters 723, “Streets and Sidewalks, Use Regulations,” 883, “Public Assembly Permit,” 865, “Theaters and Exhibitions,” and Title XV, “Code Compliance and Hearings,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by ORDAINING new Sections 883-1-E “Event,” 883-1-F, “Facility for Public Assembly; Facility,” 883-1-F1, “Facility Manager,” and 883-1-P1, “Person,” and by AMENDING the provisions of Chapter 883, “Public Assembly Permit,” to establish a clear and effective framework for ensuring the safety, security, and welfare of persons at public assembly events where such events may require heightened safety considerations; and further AMENDING Sections 723, “Applicability,” 865-31, “Emergency On-the-Scene Authority of Police and/or Fire Officer in Charge,” 865-33, “Selling of Tickets Over Capacity of Places of Assembly,” Section 1501-11, “Class E Civil Offenses,” to make the provisions consistent with the changes provided herein; and further REPEALING Chapter 881, “Facilities for Public Assembly,” of Title VIII, “Business Regulations,” as the provisions are duplicated and incorporated into the modifications provided for herein. 202402400 Passed Emergency Pass
  80. 69 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $25,000 from the Ohio Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, funded by the Ohio Department of Health, to assist in reducing lead exposure of children in high-risk communities through education and outreach activities during the Healthy Homes Awareness Month in April 2025; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into Public Health Research Fund revenue account no. 350x8536. 202402462 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  81. 46. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/10/2024, MODIFYING Chapter 307, “Classified Compensation Schedules,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Sections 414, 415, and 416 of Division 1 to adjust the salary schedules for the employment of classifications of Plumbing Inspector 1, Plumbing Inspector 2, and Plumbing Inspector 3. 202402492 Passed Emergency Pass
  82. 47. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Cramerding and Johnson, WE MOVE that Councilmember Scotty Johnson be appointed to vice-chair of Budget and Finance Committee. 202402442 Adopted Pass
  83. 71 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $100 from Andrew Crosier of CWC Films to be used for a program of need as determined by the City Manager; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donation into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8572; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $100 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200. 202402453 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  84. 48. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Albi, WE MOVE that the City Administration provide a report within ninety (90) days on the feasibility of creating a holistic strategy to combat hate crime and incidents. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202402433 Adopted Pass
  85. 72 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $100 from Andrew Crosier of CWC Films to be used for a program of need as determined by the City Manager; AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donation into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8572; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $100 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200. 202402453 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  86. 49. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, WE MOVE that the Administration issue a report within sixty (60) days that: Outlines traffic citations overall and by neighborhood for 2024, and update the same for the previous four years. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED). 202402419 Adopted Pass
  87. 74 No announcements at this time.
  88. 74 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, DEDICATING, ACCEPTING, AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of an approximately 0.0034-acre tract of real property and a 0.0165-acre tract of real property as a portion of the Carthage Court public right-of-way for street purposes in the Roselawn neighborhood of Cincinnati. 202402456 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  89. 75 Council adjourned at 3:22 P.M.
  90. 76 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale, Funding, and Development Agreement with Pleasant Ridge Development Corporation and 6100 Montgomery, LLC, pursuant to which the City will vacate and sell an approximately 0.0118-acre tract of real property designated as public right-of-way, being a portion of Ridge Avenue generally located at the southeast corner of Montgomery Road and Ridge Avenue in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati. 202402466 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  91. 77 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale, Funding, and Development Agreement with Pleasant Ridge Development Corporation and 6100 Montgomery, LLC, pursuant to which the City will vacate and sell an approximately 0.0118-acre tract of real property designated as public right-of-way, being a portion of Ridge Avenue generally located at the southeast corner of Montgomery Road and Ridge Avenue in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati. 202402466 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  92. 79 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Seventh Amendment to the Warren County Water Area Contract between the City of Cincinnati and the Board of County Commissioners of Warren County, Ohio to modify the area in the original agreement to be served by the City. 202402468 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  93. 80 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Seventh Amendment to the Warren County Water Area Contract between the City of Cincinnati and the Board of County Commissioners of Warren County, Ohio to modify the area in the original agreement to be served by the City. 202402468 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  94. 82 RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, DESIGNATING specific City personnel to request advances from the Auditor of Hamilton County as required by Sections 321.34 of the Ohio Revised Code; and REQUESTING that the Auditor of Hamilton County draw and the Treasurer of Hamilton County pay on such draft to the Treasurer of the City of Cincinnati weekly, beginning January 6, 2025, funds derived from such taxes which may be in the county treasury to the account of the City of Cincinnati. 202402469 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  95. 83 RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, DESIGNATING specific City personnel to request advances from the Auditor of Hamilton County as required by Sections 321.34 of the Ohio Revised Code; and REQUESTING that the Auditor of Hamilton County draw and the Treasurer of Hamilton County pay on such draft to the Treasurer of the City of Cincinnati weekly, beginning January 6, 2025, funds derived from such taxes which may be in the county treasury to the account of the City of Cincinnati. 202402469 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  96. 85 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Seventh Street Living, LLC, thereby authorizing a fifteen-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 36 E. Seventh Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into mixed-use space containing approximately 2,700 square feet of commercial retail space, approximately 4,000 square feet of commercial office space, and approximately 205,214 square feet of residential space consisting of approximately 162 residential rental units, which remodeling shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold, or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards, at a total remodeling cost of approximately $50,653,948. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>) 202402470 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  97. 86 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement (LEED or Living Building Challenge) with Seventh Street Living, LLC, thereby authorizing a fifteen-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 36 E. Seventh Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into mixed-use space containing approximately 2,700 square feet of commercial retail space, approximately 4,000 square feet of commercial office space, and approximately 205,214 square feet of residential space consisting of approximately 162 residential rental units, which remodeling shall be completed in compliance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver, Gold, or Platinum standards or Living Building Challenge standards, at a total remodeling cost of approximately $50,653,948. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>) 202402470 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  98. 90 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/14/2024, AMENDING Chapter 307, “Classified Compensation Schedules,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by MODIFYING Section 849 of Division 1 to change the classification title of Florist to the new classification title of Horticulturist. 202402369 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  99. 91 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/14/2024, AMENDING Chapter 307, “Classified Compensation Schedules,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by MODIFYING Section 849 of Division 1 to change the classification title of Florist to the new classification title of Horticulturist. 202402369 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  100. 93 ORDINANCE (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/4/2024, MODIFYING Chapter 307, “Classified Compensation Schedules,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Sections 84 and 510 of Division D0C to update the classification titles for the positions of Engineering Technical Supervisor and Engineer Intern; and AMENDING Sections 515, 216, 539, and 544, and 683 of Division D8 to increase the salary range schedules for the positions of Supervising Engineer, Principal Engineer, Water Works Chief Engineer, Sewer Chief Engineer and City Stormwater Management Engineer. 202402449 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  101. 95 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 11/20/2024, MODIFYING Chapters 723, “Streets and Sidewalks, Use Regulations,” 883, “Public Assembly Permit,” 865, “Theaters and Exhibitions,” and Title XV, “Code Compliance and Hearings,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by ORDAINING new Sections 883-1-E “Event,” 883-1-F, “Facility for Public Assembly; Facility,” 883-1-F1, “Facility Manager,” and 883-1-P1, “Person,” and by AMENDING the provisions of Chapter 883, “Public Assembly Permit,” to establish a clear and effective framework for ensuring the safety, security, and welfare of persons at public assembly events where such events may require heightened safety considerations; and further AMENDING Sections 723, “Applicability,” 865-31, “Emergency On-the-Scene Authority of Police and/or Fire Officer in Charge,” 865-33, “Selling of Tickets Over Capacity of Places of Assembly,” Section 1501-11, “Class E Civil Offenses,” to make the provisions consistent with the changes provided herein; and further REPEALING Chapter 881, “Facilities for Public Assembly,” of Title VIII, “Business Regulations,” as the provisions are duplicated and incorporated into the modifications provided for herein. 202402400 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  102. 97 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/10/2024, MODIFYING Chapter 307, “Classified Compensation Schedules,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Sections 414, 415, and 416 of Division 1 to adjust the salary schedules for the employment of classifications of Plumbing Inspector 1, Plumbing Inspector 2, and Plumbing Inspector 3. 202402492 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  103. 98 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 12/10/2024, MODIFYING Chapter 307, “Classified Compensation Schedules,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Sections 414, 415, and 416 of Division 1 to adjust the salary schedules for the employment of classifications of Plumbing Inspector 1, Plumbing Inspector 2, and Plumbing Inspector 3. 202402492 Suspension of the three readings Pass