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May 8, 2024 ·2:00 PM Final

Council Chambers, Room 300

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Agenda — 85 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL
  2. 1 Council convened at 2:21 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, Assistant City Solicitor Erica Faaborg and Clerk of Council Melissa Autry.
  6. 4 MAYOR AFTAB
  7. 1. RESOLUTION, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, DECLARING the week of May 6 through May 10, 2024 as “Economic Development Week,” and RECOGNIZING the critical role the City of Cincinnati’s Department of Community & Economic Development and its employees play in improving the lives of the City’s residents, revitalizing City neighborhoods, and increasing business investment in the City. 202401330 Passed Pass
  8. 6 Cincinnati Board of Health
  9. 2. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Ken Patel to the Cincinnati Board of Health for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (AAPI/Male) 202401281 Confirmed Pass
  10. 3. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Kiana R. Trabue to the Cincinnati Board of Health for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (African American/Female) 202401282 Confirmed Pass
  11. 9 Woodward Trust
  12. 4. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Louis Arnold to the Woodward Trust for a term expiring on March 31, 2027. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (AA/Male) 202401318 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  13. 11 MR. JEFFREYS
  14. 5. RESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Robert A. Bilott as a 2024 Earth Day honoree and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and Council for Mr. Bilott’s contribution to public health and environmentalism. 202401293 Passed Pass
  15. 13 MS. ALBI
  16. 6. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Albi, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitior, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $500 within the General Fund from Councilmember Anna Albi’s General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x016x7100 to Councilmember Anna Albi’s General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x016x7200 to realign the office budget for Councilmember Anna Albi. 202401287 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  17. 15 MR. HARRIS
  18. 16 MR. JEFFREYS
  19. 7. ORDINANCE, submitted by Councilmember Harris and Jeffreys, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 723, “Streets and Sidewalks, Use Regulations,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by ORDAINING new Sections 723-1-S4, “Skating or Coasting Device,” and 723-34, “Skateboards and Other Coasting Devices, Regulation,” MODIFYING the provisions of Title 15, “Code and Compliance Hearings,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Section 1501-3, “Class A Civil Offenses;” and MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 506, “Operation and Right of Way,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by REPEALING Section 506-3, “Skateboards, Regulation.” 202401288 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  20. 18 MR. JEFFREYS
  21. 19 MS. PARKS
  22. 20 MR. WALSH
  23. 21 MS. ALBI
  24. 8. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Jeffreys, Parks, Walsh and Albi, To understand the make-up of the “boots on the ground” workforce in City projects, WE MOVE that, the Administration use aggregated certified payroll data over the past few years to report back to Council within sixty (60) days. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202401327 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  25. 23 MS. OWENS
  26. 9. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the City Manager and the employees of the Office of Councilmember Owens to solicit and accept donations of money, in-kind contributions, and other things of value from the Cincinnati business community, individuals benefactors, and other available sources to host the MINDING Your Business Mental Health Summit; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit funds donated to the City for the MINDING Your Business Mental Health Summit into Fund No. 314, “Special Events.” 202401331 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  27. 25 CITY MANAGER
  28. 10. REPORT, dated 5/8/2024 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 Free Parking Bar LLC, DBA Free Parking, 6210 Hamilton Avenue. (#2748845, New, D5J) [Objections: None] 202401280 Filed
  29. 11. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/8/2024, ESTABLISHING new Fund 404, “General Government Grants,” to account for revenue from various grant sources to be used in support of City of Cincinnati programming and services; and AUTHORIZING the expenditure of resources from General Government Grants Fund 404 in accordance with the specific grant’s purpose. 202401284 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  30. 12. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/8/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $25,000, effective FY 2025, from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Historic Preservation Fund (ALN 15.904) through the Ohio History Connection’s Certified Local Government Grant Program to provide resources for the development of a Multiple Property Documentation Form for the historic designation of Cincinnati’s brewery resources; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into the General Government Grants Fund 404x8548, Department of City Planning and Engagement project account no. 25OHCG, effective July 1, 2024. 202401285 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  31. 13. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/8/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $8,793,088 within various Restricted Funds and the unappropriated surplus of various Restricted Funds to various operating accounts and the unappropriated surplus of certain Restricted Funds according to the attached Schedules of Transfer to realign and provide resources for the ongoing needs of City departments. 202401286 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  32. 14. RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/8/2024, DECLARING the need for emergency repairs that have been made to sidewalks, sidewalk areas, curbs, and/or gutters at a variety of locations in the City and the need for levying assessments for the cost of such repairs on the abutting properties in accordance with Cincinnati Municipal Code Sections 721-149 to 721-169. 202401289 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  33. 15. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/8/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $15,169,563 within the General Fund, from and to various operating accounts and the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund according to the attached Schedules of Transfer, to realign and provide funds for the ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $591,000 from Cincinnati Fire Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x271x7200 to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $591,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the unappropriated surplus of Fire Grants and Donations Fund 472 to provide resources for a health caseworker and other expenses associated with the social services outreach program; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source of $200,000 from non-departmental Lump Sum Payments General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x924x7100 to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $200,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the unappropriated surplus of Special Events Fund 314 to provide resources for Summer in Cincy programming to reduce youth violence in the City; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $410,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to capital improvement program project account no. 980x101x231038, “Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument,” to provide additional resources for the monument to honor the legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 202401294 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  34. 16. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/8/2024, DETERMINING to proceed with a special assessment for the Urban Forestry Program for the calendar year 2025, for the control of blight and disease of shade trees and for planting, maintaining, trimming, and removing shade trees in the public right-of-way in the City of Cincinnati's Urban Forestry Maintenance District. 202401295 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  35. 17. ORDINANCE, dated 5/8/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, LEVYING a special assessment for the Urban Forestry Program for the calendar year 2025, for control of blight and disease of shade trees and for planting, maintaining, trimming, and removing shade trees within the public right-of-way in the City of Cincinnati's Urban Forestry Maintenance District. 202401297 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  36. 18. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/8/2024, ORDAINING new Chapter 751, “Graffiti Abatement,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code, and REPEALING existing Chapter 751, “Graffiti Abatement,” to update the City’s updated Graffiti abatement program to align with existing abatement programs, including by providing for significant prior notice to a property owner in advance of City-led abatement efforts and identifying cost recovery mechanisms. 202401298 Referred to Public Safety & Governance Committee
  37. 19. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/8/2024, AUTHORIZING the construction of an outdoor plaza and related improvements on the real property located at 150 W. 5th Street in the Central Business District NOTWITHSTANDING the provisions contained in Section 1411-15, “Minimum Façade Height,” and Section 1411-17, “Commercial Continuity,” of Cincinnati Municipal Code Chapter 1411, and any other applicable zoning regulations that would prevent the property’s redevelopment as an outdoor plaza. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202401300 Referred to Equitable Growth & Housing Committee
  38. 20. REPORT, dated 5/8/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the Feasibility of Ault Park 4th of July Fireworks Continuity. (Ref. Doc. #202400916) 202401302 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  39. 21. REPORT, dated 5/8/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Urban Forestry Program Assessment Equalization Board Recommendations. (Ref. Doc. 202000677). 202401315 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  40. 38 CLERK OF COUNCIL
  41. 22. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Reginald Harris/Councilmember. (ETHICS) 202401326 Filed
  42. 40 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
  43. 23. ORDINANCE, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/24/2024, MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 321, “Procurement and Disposal of Supplies, Services and Construction,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Sections 321-1-P, “Professional Services,” 321-1-S, “Service,” 321-13, “Procurement; Supplies, Services and Construction in Excess of $5,000.00 but not Greater Than $50,000.00,” 321-15, “Procurement; Supplies, Services and Construction in Excess of $50,000.00 but not Greater Than $250,000.00,” 321-17, “Procurement; Supplies, Services and Construction in Excess of $250,000.00,” 321-19 “Procurement; Professional Services,” 321-31, “Bid; Opening of Bids,” 321-61, “Proposal; Opening of Proposal,” and 321-97, “Contracts; Joint and Cooperative Purchasing Options.” 202401222 Passed Pass
  44. 24. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return of $1,000,000 to source Fund No. 050, “General Fund,” from capital improvement program project account no. 980x162x231606, “Housing Stability - GF”; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Department of Community and Economic Development FY 2024 non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x162x7400 to provide one-time resources for the Homecare Tax Relief Program that will aid and assist in the payment of delinquent property taxes for low-to-moderate income single family homeowners within the City of Cincinnati. 202401274 Passed Emergency Pass
  45. 25. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $2,000 within the General Fund from Councilmember Meeka Owens’ General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7100 to Councilmember Meeka Owens’ General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7200 to realign the office budget for Councilmember Meeka Owens. 202401273 Passed Emergency Pass
  46. 26. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $490,930 from the Energy Futures Grant program (ALN 81.041) awarded by the United States Department of Energy to Environment and Sustainability Fund 436; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant resources into Environment and Sustainability Fund revenue account no. 436x8543. 202401268 Passed Emergency Pass
  47. 44 ORDINANCE, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 4/24/2024, MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 321, “Procurement and Disposal of Supplies, Services and Construction,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by AMENDING Sections 321-1-P, “Professional Services,” 321-1-S, “Service,” 321-13, “Procurement; Supplies, Services and Construction in Excess of $5,000.00 but not Greater Than $50,000.00,” 321-15, “Procurement; Supplies, Services and Construction in Excess of $50,000.00 but not Greater Than $250,000.00,” 321-17, “Procurement; Supplies, Services and Construction in Excess of $250,000.00,” 321-19 “Procurement; Professional Services,” 321-31, “Bid; Opening of Bids,” 321-61, “Proposal; Opening of Proposal,” and 321-97, “Contracts; Joint and Cooperative Purchasing Options.” 202401222 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  48. 27. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x241049, “Spinney Field Energy Efficiency Grant,” to provide resources for the installation of energy efficiency upgrades to the Police Training Academy at Spinney Field; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant up to $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Program (ALN 81.041) awarded by the Ohio Department of Development Energy Efficiency Program to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x241049, “Spinney Field Energy Efficiency Grant”; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x241049, “Spinney Field Energy Efficiency Grant.” 202401269 Passed Emergency Pass
  49. 28. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for grant resources from the Clean Ohio Trails Fund grant program to be awarded by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in an amount up to $500,000 for the purpose of providing resources for the Little Miami Scenic Trail, Elstun to Ranchvale, Shared Use Path (PID 115291). 202401270 Passed Pass
  50. 46 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return of $1,000,000 to source Fund No. 050, “General Fund,” from capital improvement program project account no. 980x162x231606, “Housing Stability - GF”; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Department of Community and Economic Development FY 2024 non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x162x7400 to provide one-time resources for the Homecare Tax Relief Program that will aid and assist in the payment of delinquent property taxes for low-to-moderate income single family homeowners within the City of Cincinnati. 202401274 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  51. 29. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for grants of up to $8,000,000 from the federal Surface Transportation Block Grant and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (ALN 20.205) grant programs; for a grant of up to $1,000,000 from the Transportation Alternatives Grant (ALN 20.205) awarded by the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments; for Metro Transit Infrastructure Fund grants awarded by Cincinnati Metro; for grants awarded by the Ohio Public Works Commission; and for Municipal Road Fund grants awarded by Hamilton County, all to fund various Department of Transportation and Engineering transportation projects. 202401271 Passed Pass
  52. 47 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer and return of $1,000,000 to source Fund No. 050, “General Fund,” from capital improvement program project account no. 980x162x231606, “Housing Stability - GF”; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $1,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Department of Community and Economic Development FY 2024 non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x162x7400 to provide one-time resources for the Homecare Tax Relief Program that will aid and assist in the payment of delinquent property taxes for low-to-moderate income single family homeowners within the City of Cincinnati. 202401274 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  53. 30. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding and Development Agreement with RBM Development Company, LLC, for the redevelopment of property located near the intersection of Red Bank Expressway and Madison Road in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati, pursuant to which the City will assign service payments in lieu of real property taxes imposed in connection with a proposed thirty-year property tax exemption for improvements pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B), subject to the passage by Council of a separate ordinance authorizing such exemption, to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to facilitate the redevelopment of the property. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202401276 Passed Emergency Pass
  54. 31. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2024, DECLARING improvements to certain parcels of real property located near the intersection of Red Bank Expressway and Madison Road in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati, which improvements are to be constructed pursuant to a Funding and Development Agreement between the City of Cincinnati and RBM Development Company, LLC, to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation for a period of thirty years pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B); and AMENDING Ordinance No. 414-2005, passed on November 2, 2005, as amended, to remove such real property from the operation of that ordinance. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202401299 Passed Emergency Pass
  55. 49 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $2,000 within the General Fund from Councilmember Meeka Owens’ General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7100 to Councilmember Meeka Owens’ General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7200 to realign the office budget for Councilmember Meeka Owens. 202401273 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  56. 32. REPORT, dated 5/1/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the Department of Finance Reports for the Month Ended February 29, 2024. 202401279 Approved & Filed
  57. 50 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $2,000 within the General Fund from Councilmember Meeka Owens’ General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7100 to Councilmember Meeka Owens’ General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x025x7200 to realign the office budget for Councilmember Meeka Owens. 202401273 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  58. 33. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 311-2002 to provide for the pledge of a portion of the City’s transient occupancy tax revenues to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to finance the Duke Energy Convention Center and related improvements. 202401301 Passed Emergency Pass
  59. 34. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 356-2002, as previously amended by Ordinance 385-2003 and Ordinance No. 426-2003; and MODIFYING the purpose of Duke Energy Convention Center Fund 307 to provide for the City’s use of certain hotel tax revenues. 202401303 Passed Emergency Pass
  60. 52 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $490,930 from the Energy Futures Grant program (ALN 81.041) awarded by the United States Department of Energy to Environment and Sustainability Fund 436; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant resources into Environment and Sustainability Fund revenue account no. 436x8543. 202401268 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  61. 35. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2024, MODIFYING the purpose of Duke Energy Convention Center Fund 103 to provide for the City’s use of certain hotel tax revenues. 202401305 Indefinitely Postponed Pass
  62. 53 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant of up to $490,930 from the Energy Futures Grant program (ALN 81.041) awarded by the United States Department of Energy to Environment and Sustainability Fund 436; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit grant resources into Environment and Sustainability Fund revenue account no. 436x8543. 202401268 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  63. 36. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/8/2024, MODIFYING the purpose of Duke Energy Convention Center Fund 103 to provide for the City’s use of certain hotel tax revenues. 202401312 Passed Emergency Pass
  64. 55 SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS
  65. 55 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x241049, “Spinney Field Energy Efficiency Grant,” to provide resources for the installation of energy efficiency upgrades to the Police Training Academy at Spinney Field; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant up to $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Program (ALN 81.041) awarded by the Ohio Department of Development Energy Efficiency Program to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x241049, “Spinney Field Energy Efficiency Grant”; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x241049, “Spinney Field Energy Efficiency Grant.” 202401269 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  66. 56 CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
  67. 56 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, ESTABLISHING new capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x241049, “Spinney Field Energy Efficiency Grant,” to provide resources for the installation of energy efficiency upgrades to the Police Training Academy at Spinney Field; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate a grant up to $250,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Program (ALN 81.041) awarded by the Ohio Department of Development Energy Efficiency Program to newly established capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x241049, “Spinney Field Energy Efficiency Grant”; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant resources into capital improvement program project account no. 980x104x241049, “Spinney Field Energy Efficiency Grant.” 202401269 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  68. 37. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Harris, Walsh, Jeffreys and Owens WE MOVE that the administration partner with METRO to engage in their METRO Pass program to provide interested City of Cincinnati Employees with discounted monthly passes. This should be promoted through the annual employee survey with eventual consideration of further subsidizing the passes to help recruit and retain talent. 202401111 Adopted Pass
  69. 58 EQUITABLE GROWTH & HOUSINGS COMMITTEE
  70. 58 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for grant resources from the Clean Ohio Trails Fund grant program to be awarded by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in an amount up to $500,000 for the purpose of providing resources for the Little Miami Scenic Trail, Elstun to Ranchvale, Shared Use Path (PID 115291). 202401270 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  71. 38. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Owens, WE MOVE that the administration prepares a report within thirty (30) days to inform Councilmembers on the Limited Representation Pilot Program in partnership with the University of Cincinnati and the Hamilton County Help Center. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202401255 Adopted Pass
  72. 39. MOTION, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report in 60 days regarding the “Cincinnati Futures Commission, A Vision for the Future Cincinnati” recommendations. This report will allow the Mayor and Council to be intentional around the recommendations that require policy guidance. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202401283 Adopted Pass
  73. 60 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for grants of up to $8,000,000 from the federal Surface Transportation Block Grant and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (ALN 20.205) grant programs; for a grant of up to $1,000,000 from the Transportation Alternatives Grant (ALN 20.205) awarded by the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments; for Metro Transit Infrastructure Fund grants awarded by Cincinnati Metro; for grants awarded by the Ohio Public Works Commission; and for Municipal Road Fund grants awarded by Hamilton County, all to fund various Department of Transportation and Engineering transportation projects. 202401271 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  74. 61 No announcements at this time.
  75. 62 Council adjourned at 3:25 P.M.
  76. 62 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding and Development Agreement with RBM Development Company, LLC, for the redevelopment of property located near the intersection of Red Bank Expressway and Madison Road in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati, pursuant to which the City will assign service payments in lieu of real property taxes imposed in connection with a proposed thirty-year property tax exemption for improvements pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B), subject to the passage by Council of a separate ordinance authorizing such exemption, to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to facilitate the redevelopment of the property. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202401276 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  77. 63 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/1/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding and Development Agreement with RBM Development Company, LLC, for the redevelopment of property located near the intersection of Red Bank Expressway and Madison Road in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati, pursuant to which the City will assign service payments in lieu of real property taxes imposed in connection with a proposed thirty-year property tax exemption for improvements pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B), subject to the passage by Council of a separate ordinance authorizing such exemption, to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to facilitate the redevelopment of the property. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202401276 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  78. 65 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2024, DECLARING improvements to certain parcels of real property located near the intersection of Red Bank Expressway and Madison Road in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati, which improvements are to be constructed pursuant to a Funding and Development Agreement between the City of Cincinnati and RBM Development Company, LLC, to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation for a period of thirty years pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B); and AMENDING Ordinance No. 414-2005, passed on November 2, 2005, as amended, to remove such real property from the operation of that ordinance. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202401299 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  79. 66 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2024, DECLARING improvements to certain parcels of real property located near the intersection of Red Bank Expressway and Madison Road in the Madisonville neighborhood of Cincinnati, which improvements are to be constructed pursuant to a Funding and Development Agreement between the City of Cincinnati and RBM Development Company, LLC, to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation for a period of thirty years pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(B); and AMENDING Ordinance No. 414-2005, passed on November 2, 2005, as amended, to remove such real property from the operation of that ordinance. (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>). 202401299 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  80. 69 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 311-2002 to provide for the pledge of a portion of the City’s transient occupancy tax revenues to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to finance the Duke Energy Convention Center and related improvements. 202401301 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  81. 70 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 311-2002 to provide for the pledge of a portion of the City’s transient occupancy tax revenues to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority to finance the Duke Energy Convention Center and related improvements. 202401301 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  82. 72 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 356-2002, as previously amended by Ordinance 385-2003 and Ordinance No. 426-2003; and MODIFYING the purpose of Duke Energy Convention Center Fund 307 to provide for the City’s use of certain hotel tax revenues. 202401303 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  83. 73 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/6/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 356-2002, as previously amended by Ordinance 385-2003 and Ordinance No. 426-2003; and MODIFYING the purpose of Duke Energy Convention Center Fund 307 to provide for the City’s use of certain hotel tax revenues. 202401303 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  84. 76 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/8/2024, MODIFYING the purpose of Duke Energy Convention Center Fund 103 to provide for the City’s use of certain hotel tax revenues. 202401312 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  85. 77 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) (B VERSION) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 5/8/2024, MODIFYING the purpose of Duke Energy Convention Center Fund 103 to provide for the City’s use of certain hotel tax revenues. 202401312 Suspension of the three readings Pass