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February 22, 2024 ·2:00 PM Final

Council Chambers, Room 300

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Agenda — 96 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL
  2. 1 Council convened at 2:04 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 Assistant City Manager Natasha Hampton, City Solicitor Emily Smart Woerner and Clerk of Council Melissa Autry.
  6. 4 MR. WALSH
  7. 4 Councilmembers Harris and Owens were absent from today's meeting.
  8. 5 MS. KEARNEY
  9. 1. RESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Walsh and Vice Mayor Kearney, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Reverend Todd O’Neal as a 2024 Black History Month honoree and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Cincinnati for his impact and service as a Reverend throughout Cincinnati’s community. 202400573 Passed Pass
  10. 7 MS. PARKS
  11. 2. RESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Parks, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Robert Bell as a 2024 City of Cincinnati Black History Month honoree and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Cincinnati for his contributions to minorities, working to ensure inclusion and diversity in professional workplaces and through business purposes within the City of Cincinnati. 202400580 Passed Pass
  12. 9 MR. CRAMERDING
  13. 10 MS. OWENS
  14. 3. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Cramerding and Owens, WE MOVE that the Administration draft a report addressing the potential advantages or disadvantages, feasibility, and benefits to transparency of the following guardrails for the CSR Trust and the implementation of the Cincy on Track Plan. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED). 202400593 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  15. 12 CITY MANAGER
  16. 4. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Sayler Park Sustains. 202400486 Filed
  17. 5. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Flying Pig Marathon. 202400514 Filed
  18. 6. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Taste of Cincinnati 2024. 202400515 Filed
  19. 7. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Concours d’Elegance 2024. 202400516 Filed
  20. 8. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Western & Southern Board Dinner. 202400517 Filed
  21. 9. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Cincinnati Celtic Festival 2024. 202400518 Filed
  22. 10. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Paddlefest. 202400519 Filed
  23. 11. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Stride, Ride and Row. 202400520 Filed
  24. 12. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding traffic enforcement and pedestrian safety. (See Doc. #202302458). 202400521 Referred to Public Safety & Governance Committee
  25. 13. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Cincinnati Beer Run. 202400522 Filed
  26. 14. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Reds Post Game Drone Show. 202400540 Filed
  27. 15. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Afrifest. 202400543 Filed
  28. 16. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024 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 Yuel LLC, DBA Paddock Road Beer Drive Thru, 5005 Paddock Road. (#9862746, STCK, C2 C2X D6) [Objections: None] 202400544 Filed
  29. 17. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024 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 RP McMurphys I LLC, DBA RP McMurphys Irish Pub, 2910 Wasson Road & patios. (#7150660, TRFO, D5 D6) [Objections: None] 202400545 Filed
  30. 18. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding 2023 Street Rehabilitation Program Report. 202400546 Referred to Climate, Environment & Infrastructure Committee
  31. 19. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024 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 RMJ Corporate LLC, 1227 California Avenue. (#7401727, TRFO, D5 D6) [Objections: None] 202400547 Filed
  32. 20. REPORT, dated 2/22/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Accessible Pedestrian Audible Signals. 202400548 Referred to Climate, Environment & Infrastructure Committee
  33. 21. ORDINANCE, submitted by Sheryl M.M. Long, City Manager, dated 2/22/204, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to apply for and accept the in-kind services of an Energy Efficiency Community Block Grant Community Energy Fellow provided through the United States Department of Energy. 202400557 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  34. 22. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager dated 2/22/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $191,516.35 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 of obsolete automotive equipment and subrogation payments for damage to City vehicles. 202400558 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  35. 23. ORDINANCE, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/22/2024, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easements in favor of the City of Cincinnati for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in the City of Deer Park, Hamilton County, Ohio in accordance with the plat entitled Plat of Easement E-1080 the Townhomes at Wentworth WSL 3674, E1096, as recorded in Plat Book 487, Page 93, Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office. 202400559 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  36. 24. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sherl M.M. Long, City Manager, dated 2/22/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a grant of $1,000 from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Harry F. and Mary Ann Fry Fund into City Manager’s Office General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x101x7200 to provide resources for the operation of the Office of Human Relations; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the grant funds into General Fund revenue account no. 050x8572. 202400560 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  37. 25. ORDINANCE, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/22/2024, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the grant of a public utility easement in favor of the City of Cincinnati for water mains and related fixtures, equipment, and appurtenances through certain real property in Miami Township related to Deer Run, Phase 5 Subdivision, as more particularly depicted and described on an easement plat recorded in Plat Book 494, Page 96, Hamilton County, Ohio Recorder’s Office. 202400561 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  38. 26. RESOLUTION (LEGISLATIVE) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/22/2024, DECLARING the necessity of assessing for the control of blight and disease of shade trees within the public rights-of-way, and for planting, care, maintenance, trimming, and removing shade trees in and along the streets of the City of Cincinnati’s Urban Forestry Maintenance District for calendar year 2025. 202400562 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  39. 27. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/22/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Property Sale Agreement with OE May Square, LLC, pursuant to which the City will sell certain real property located at 646 Crown Street in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati. 202400566 Referred to Budget & Finance Committee
  40. 28. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/22/2024, AMENDING the official zoning map of the City of Cincinnati to rezone certain real property located at 3060 Durrell Avenue in the Evanston neighborhood from the RMX, “Residential Mixed,” zoning district to Planned Development District No. 98, “The Mingo.” (Subject to the Temporary Prohibition List <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business>) 202400567 Referred to Equitable Growth & Housing Committee
  41. 38 CLERK OF COUNCIL
  42. 29. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent James T. Benedict, Government Strategies Group, Vice President, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER CINCINNATI) 202400541 Filed
  43. 30. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Alana Tucker, Government Strategies Group, Senior Director of Government Affairs, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER CINCINNATI) 202400542 Filed
  44. 31. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Charles H. Gerhardt III, Government Strategies Group, President, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI) 202400549 Filed
  45. 32. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Douglas Moormann, Government Strategies Group, Vice President, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (ACABAY) 202400550 Filed
  46. 33. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Charles H. Gerhardt III, Government Strategies Group, President, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (ACABAY) 202400551 Filed
  47. 34. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Charles H. Gerhardt III, Government Strategies Group, President, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA) 202400552 Filed
  48. 35. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent James T. Benedict, Government Strategies Group, Vice President, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA) 202400553 Filed
  49. 36. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Anne Sesler, Government Strategies Group, Director of Public Affairs & Strategy, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA) 202400554 Filed
  50. 37. REGISTRATION, submitted by the Clerk of Council from Legislative Agent Alana Tucker, Government Strategies Group, Senior Director of Government Affairs, 700 Walnut Street, Suite 450, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. (CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA) 202400555 Filed
  51. 38. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Terra L Williams/Finance/Finance Manager. 202400581 Filed
  52. 39. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Cheryl Drexler Watson/Finance Division Manager. 202400582 Filed
  53. 40. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Monica Morton/Finance/Asst. Finance Director. 202400583 Filed
  54. 41. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Nicole Dorothy Lee/Finance/City Treasurer. 202400584 Filed
  55. 42. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Anna Cochran/Treasury/Division Manager. 202400585 Filed
  56. 43. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Curtis Allen Hines/Transportation and Engineering/Division Manager. 202400586 Filed
  57. 44. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Javarious Gary Jackson/City Manager’s Office/Assistant to the City Manager. 202400587 Filed
  58. 45. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Eric David Ringshauser/Finance/Income Tax Division Manager 202400588 Filed
  59. 46. STATEMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council formally filing a copy of the Financial Disclosure Statement for Tonia Denise Congo Reeves Smith/CMO/Assistant to the City Manager. 202400589 Filed
  60. 47. APPOINTMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council, I hereby recommend the appointment of Lisa Marie Carrion 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. 202400594 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  61. 48. APPOINTMENT, submitted by the Clerk of Council, I hereby recommend the appointment of Kaci Lomax 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. 202400596 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
  62. 59 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
  63. 49. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $315,000 from the unappropriated surplus of East Price Hill Equivalent Fund 494 to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 494x164x7200 to provide resources to support Price Hill Will’s acquisition and redevelopment of 3509 Warsaw Avenue, 3519 Warsaw Avenue, and 978 Wells Street (collectively, the “Properties”); and DECLARING that expenditures from the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 494x164x7200 to develop the Properties are for a public purpose and constitute a “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Section 5709.40(A)(8) of the Ohio Revised Code) that will benefit and/or serve the District 15 - East Price Hill 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>) 202400490 Passed Emergency Pass
  64. 50. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Clifton Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation to facilitate acquisition, demolition, and stabilization activities on real property located in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $817,462 from the unappropriated surplus of CUF/Heights Equivalent Fund 487 (CUF/Heights TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 487x164x7200 to provide resources for the acquisition of real property, and demolition and stabilization activities associated with the real property; and further DECLARING expenditures from such project account related to the acquisition of real property, and demolition and stabilization activities associated with the real property 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 8-Clifton Heights-University-Fairview (CUF) TIF 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>) 202400512 Passed Emergency Pass
  65. 51. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $537,440 within General Fund 050 from and to various operating accounts, according to the attached Schedule of Transfer to realign and provide funds for ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $41,866 from the unappropriated surplus of Unclassified Receipts Fund 604 to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to reconcile the False Alarm Settlement resources to the appropriate account; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $41,866 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 according to the attached Schedule of Transfer to comply with the terms of the judgment in White v. City of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source, the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050, of $500,000, according to the attached Schedule of Transfer, to deploy resources more efficiently for the Special Code Enforcement program; and AUTHORIZING the transfer of $500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Emergency Remediation of Defects in Rental Housing Fund 436 to provide resources to continue the Special Code Enforcement Program. 202400484 Passed Emergency Pass
  66. 52. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $132,000 from the General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2535, “Reserve for Operating Budget Contingencies,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $122,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Cincinnati Police Department’s General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x222x7100 and the transfer and appropriation of $10,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Cincinnati Police Department’s General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x226x7100 to provide one-time funds for overtime expenses related to the additional deployment of sworn officers in downtown Cincinnati during the month of February. 202400485 Passed Emergency Pass
  67. 53. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, Authorizing the payment of $250,000 from the Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x222x1000x7289 as a moral obligation to Women Helping Women for outstanding charges related to services rendered in support of the Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team in Calendar Year 2023. 202400487 Passed Emergency Pass
  68. 64 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $315,000 from the unappropriated surplus of East Price Hill Equivalent Fund 494 to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 494x164x7200 to provide resources to support Price Hill Will’s acquisition and redevelopment of 3509 Warsaw Avenue, 3519 Warsaw Avenue, and 978 Wells Street (collectively, the “Properties”); and DECLARING that expenditures from the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 494x164x7200 to develop the Properties are for a public purpose and constitute a “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Section 5709.40(A)(8) of the Ohio Revised Code) that will benefit and/or serve the District 15 - East Price Hill 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>) 202400490 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  69. 54. ORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M.M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 159-2001, which established Fire Grants Fund 472 and identified revenue sources and permissible uses of the fund’s resources, to change the name of the fund to Fire Grants and Donations Fund 472, to further expand the permissible revenue sources of the fund to include donated resources, and to authorize the Director of Finance to receive, deposit, and expend donated resources in accordance with the purpose of the donation. 202400482 Passed Emergency Pass
  70. 65 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $315,000 from the unappropriated surplus of East Price Hill Equivalent Fund 494 to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 494x164x7200 to provide resources to support Price Hill Will’s acquisition and redevelopment of 3509 Warsaw Avenue, 3519 Warsaw Avenue, and 978 Wells Street (collectively, the “Properties”); and DECLARING that expenditures from the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 494x164x7200 to develop the Properties are for a public purpose and constitute a “Public Infrastructure Improvement” (as defined in Section 5709.40(A)(8) of the Ohio Revised Code) that will benefit and/or serve the District 15 - East Price Hill 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>) 202400490 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  71. 55. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $5,000 from the Cincinnati Fire Foundation to provide funds to support the Cincinnati Fire Department’s Peer Support Program’s therapy dog; 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 $5,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Cincinnati Fire Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x272x7300 to provide funds to support the Cincinnati Fire Department’s Peer Support Program’s therapy dog. 202400483 Passed Emergency Pass
  72. 56. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $45,000 from the Cincinnati Recreation Foundation to support the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s National Junior Tennis and Learning program; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $15,971.50 from the Cincinnati Recreation Foundation to support the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s National Junior Tennis and Learning program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Fund 319, “Contributions for Recreation Purposes,” revenue account 319x8571. 202400488 Passed Pass
  73. 67 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Clifton Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation to facilitate acquisition, demolition, and stabilization activities on real property located in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $817,462 from the unappropriated surplus of CUF/Heights Equivalent Fund 487 (CUF/Heights TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 487x164x7200 to provide resources for the acquisition of real property, and demolition and stabilization activities associated with the real property; and further DECLARING expenditures from such project account related to the acquisition of real property, and demolition and stabilization activities associated with the real property 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 8-Clifton Heights-University-Fairview (CUF) TIF 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>) 202400512 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  74. 57. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Third Amendment to Water Service Agreement and a Second Amendment to Interlocal Cooperative Agreement between the City of Cincinnati, the Boone-Florence Water Commission, the Boone County Water District, and the City of Florence, Kentucky to extend the terms of the existing agreements by sixteen years to 2049. 202400511 Passed Emergency Pass
  75. 68 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Clifton Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation to facilitate acquisition, demolition, and stabilization activities on real property located in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $817,462 from the unappropriated surplus of CUF/Heights Equivalent Fund 487 (CUF/Heights TIF District) to the Department of Community and Economic Development non-personnel operating budget account no. 487x164x7200 to provide resources for the acquisition of real property, and demolition and stabilization activities associated with the real property; and further DECLARING expenditures from such project account related to the acquisition of real property, and demolition and stabilization activities associated with the real property 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 8-Clifton Heights-University-Fairview (CUF) TIF 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>) 202400512 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  76. 58. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/20/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any and all agreements and take such other steps as may be necessary in order to sell City-owned real property at 3919 Old Ludlow Avenue, and to vacate and convey approximately 0.0637 acres of the public right-of-way known as Archibald Street, and approximately 0.0349 acres of unnamed public right-of-way, in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati to Cincinnati Northside Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation, doing business as Northsiders Engaged in Sustainable Transformation, or other affiliated organization acceptable to the City Manager, to facilitate an affordable housing development. 202400556 Passed Emergency Pass
  77. 70 SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS
  78. 70 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $537,440 within General Fund 050 from and to various operating accounts, according to the attached Schedule of Transfer to realign and provide funds for ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $41,866 from the unappropriated surplus of Unclassified Receipts Fund 604 to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to reconcile the False Alarm Settlement resources to the appropriate account; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $41,866 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 according to the attached Schedule of Transfer to comply with the terms of the judgment in White v. City of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source, the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050, of $500,000, according to the attached Schedule of Transfer, to deploy resources more efficiently for the Special Code Enforcement program; and AUTHORIZING the transfer of $500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Emergency Remediation of Defects in Rental Housing Fund 436 to provide resources to continue the Special Code Enforcement Program. 202400484 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  79. 71 HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
  80. 71 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $537,440 within General Fund 050 from and to various operating accounts, according to the attached Schedule of Transfer to realign and provide funds for ongoing needs of City departments; AUTHORIZING the transfer of $41,866 from the unappropriated surplus of Unclassified Receipts Fund 604 to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to reconcile the False Alarm Settlement resources to the appropriate account; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $41,866 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 according to the attached Schedule of Transfer to comply with the terms of the judgment in White v. City of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and return to source, the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050, of $500,000, according to the attached Schedule of Transfer, to deploy resources more efficiently for the Special Code Enforcement program; and AUTHORIZING the transfer of $500,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the unappropriated surplus of Emergency Remediation of Defects in Rental Housing Fund 436 to provide resources to continue the Special Code Enforcement Program. 202400484 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  81. 59. MOTION, submitted by Councilmembers Albi, Vice Mayor Kearney, and Councilmembers Jeffreys, Walsh, Owens and Harris, To understand the logistics associated with forming a childcare taskforce, WE MOVE that, the Administration report back to Council within ninety (90) days on: The mission, goals and objectives of this taskforce, The duration of time for which this taskforce would be operational and the frequency of meetings, The process and timing for this taskforce reporting back to the Healthy Neighborhoods committee, Any costs, including staff time, that would be associated with this taskforce, The recommended size of the taskforce along with the process for selecting and confirmed all members of the taskforce. (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202400532 Adopted Pass
  82. 73 No announcements at this time.
  83. 73 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $132,000 from the General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2535, “Reserve for Operating Budget Contingencies,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $122,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Cincinnati Police Department’s General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x222x7100 and the transfer and appropriation of $10,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Cincinnati Police Department’s General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x226x7100 to provide one-time funds for overtime expenses related to the additional deployment of sworn officers in downtown Cincinnati during the month of February. 202400485 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  84. 74 Council adjourned at 2:32 P.M.
  85. 74 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the transfer of $132,000 from the General Fund balance sheet reserve account no. 050x2535, “Reserve for Operating Budget Contingencies,” to the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050; and AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $122,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Cincinnati Police Department’s General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x222x7100 and the transfer and appropriation of $10,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to the Cincinnati Police Department’s General Fund personnel operating budget account no. 050x226x7100 to provide one-time funds for overtime expenses related to the additional deployment of sworn officers in downtown Cincinnati during the month of February. 202400485 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  86. 76 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, Authorizing the payment of $250,000 from the Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x222x1000x7289 as a moral obligation to Women Helping Women for outstanding charges related to services rendered in support of the Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team in Calendar Year 2023. 202400487 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  87. 77 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, Authorizing the payment of $250,000 from the Cincinnati Police Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x222x1000x7289 as a moral obligation to Women Helping Women for outstanding charges related to services rendered in support of the Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team in Calendar Year 2023. 202400487 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  88. 79 ORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M.M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 159-2001, which established Fire Grants Fund 472 and identified revenue sources and permissible uses of the fund’s resources, to change the name of the fund to Fire Grants and Donations Fund 472, to further expand the permissible revenue sources of the fund to include donated resources, and to authorize the Director of Finance to receive, deposit, and expend donated resources in accordance with the purpose of the donation. 202400482 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  89. 80 ORDINANCE, (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M.M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 159-2001, which established Fire Grants Fund 472 and identified revenue sources and permissible uses of the fund’s resources, to change the name of the fund to Fire Grants and Donations Fund 472, to further expand the permissible revenue sources of the fund to include donated resources, and to authorize the Director of Finance to receive, deposit, and expend donated resources in accordance with the purpose of the donation. 202400482 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  90. 82 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $5,000 from the Cincinnati Fire Foundation to provide funds to support the Cincinnati Fire Department’s Peer Support Program’s therapy dog; 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 $5,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Cincinnati Fire Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x272x7300 to provide funds to support the Cincinnati Fire Department’s Peer Support Program’s therapy dog. 202400483 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  91. 83 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a donation of $5,000 from the Cincinnati Fire Foundation to provide funds to support the Cincinnati Fire Department’s Peer Support Program’s therapy dog; 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 $5,000 from the unappropriated surplus of General Fund 050 to Cincinnati Fire Department General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x272x7300 to provide funds to support the Cincinnati Fire Department’s Peer Support Program’s therapy dog. 202400483 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  92. 85 ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $45,000 from the Cincinnati Recreation Foundation to support the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s National Junior Tennis and Learning program; AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate a donation of up to $15,971.50 from the Cincinnati Recreation Foundation to support the Cincinnati Recreation Commission’s National Junior Tennis and Learning program; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the donated funds into Fund 319, “Contributions for Recreation Purposes,” revenue account 319x8571. 202400488 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  93. 87 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Third Amendment to Water Service Agreement and a Second Amendment to Interlocal Cooperative Agreement between the City of Cincinnati, the Boone-Florence Water Commission, the Boone County Water District, and the City of Florence, Kentucky to extend the terms of the existing agreements by sixteen years to 2049. 202400511 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  94. 88 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/14/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Third Amendment to Water Service Agreement and a Second Amendment to Interlocal Cooperative Agreement between the City of Cincinnati, the Boone-Florence Water Commission, the Boone County Water District, and the City of Florence, Kentucky to extend the terms of the existing agreements by sixteen years to 2049. 202400511 Suspension of the three readings Pass
  95. 90 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/20/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any and all agreements and take such other steps as may be necessary in order to sell City-owned real property at 3919 Old Ludlow Avenue, and to vacate and convey approximately 0.0637 acres of the public right-of-way known as Archibald Street, and approximately 0.0349 acres of unnamed public right-of-way, in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati to Cincinnati Northside Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation, doing business as Northsiders Engaged in Sustainable Transformation, or other affiliated organization acceptable to the City Manager, to facilitate an affordable housing development. 202400556 Emergency clause to remain Pass
  96. 91 ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 2/20/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute any and all agreements and take such other steps as may be necessary in order to sell City-owned real property at 3919 Old Ludlow Avenue, and to vacate and convey approximately 0.0637 acres of the public right-of-way known as Archibald Street, and approximately 0.0349 acres of unnamed public right-of-way, in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati to Cincinnati Northside Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation, doing business as Northsiders Engaged in Sustainable Transformation, or other affiliated organization acceptable to the City Manager, to facilitate an affordable housing development. 202400556 Suspension of the three readings Pass