Budget, Finance & Governance Committee

Council Chambers, Room 300

Agenda — 30 items

1. 1 PRESENTATIONS
2. 1 ROLL CALL
3. 2 Admissions Tax Proposed CMC Changes
4. 2 Also in attendance were Dr. Andrew Dudas, Budget Director, Erica Faaborg, Deputy City Solicitor and Monica Morton, Assistant Finance Director. The meeting began at 1:03 pm and ended at 2:16 pm.
5. 3 Karen Alder, Finance Director
6. 4 Streamlining our Affordable Housing Approval Process
7. 5 Markiea Carter, Director, Community & Economic Development
8. 6 AGENDA
9. 7 MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGES
10. 1. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/18/2024, MODIFYING Chapter 309, “Admissions Taxes,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code by ORDAINING Sections 309-1-M, “Marketplace Facilitator,” 309-1-P, “Pay; Payment,” 309-1-P2, “Place” 309-1-R, “Reseller; Resold; Resale” 309-1-S, “Seller; Sold; Sale,” and 309-1-V, “Vendor”; by AMENDING Sections 309-1-A, “Admission,” 309-1-P, “Person,” 309-1-T, “Treasurer,” 309-3, “Rate of Tax,” 309-5, “Admission, Exempt from Tax,” 309-7, “Price to be Marked on Ticket or Displayed,” 309-9, “Monthly and Annual Reports; Contents; Payments of Tax,” 309-11, “Administration of Chapter; Adoption of Rules and Regulations; Records; Bond,” 309-13, “License Required; Application; Contents; Fee; Issuance; Restrictions; Renewal; Suspension or Revocation; Liability of Owner of Premises; Exemptions,” 309-17, “Taxes Made a Lien,” 309-19, “Treasurer May Make Additional Assessment; Notice, Hearing,” 309-21, “Estimated Assessment Made; Penalty; Notice,” 309-23, “Estimated Additional Assessment Made; Penalty; Notice, Hearing,” 309-25, “When Taxes by Assessment are Due and Payable,” 309-27, “Application for Reassessment,” 309-29, “Notices Authorized to be Mailed,” 309-31, “Refunds; Application,” and 309-99, “Penalties”; and by REPEALING Section 309-15, “Refund,” to address the application and collection of admission taxes to ticket sales that occur through online marketplaces, and to modernize and standardize the administration of the admissions tax. 202400218 Recommend Passage Emergency
11. 9 ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS
12. 2. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/18/2024, AMENDING Ordinance No. 166-2021, as previously amended by Ordinance No. 0464-2021, to add “After Hours Programming” to the title of American Rescue Plan Account Number ARP065, “Cincinnati Recreation Commission Extended Hours” on the Schedule of Appropriations and to change the description from “Recreation Centers Extended Hours” to “Recreation Centers Extended Hours and After Hours Programming” per the attached Schedule of Appropriations (AMENDED). 202400214 Recommend Passage Emergency
13. 11 DONATIONS
14. 3. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/22/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager and the employees of the Office of the City Manager to solicit and accept donations of money, in-kind contributions, and other things of value from the Cincinnati business community, individual benefactors, and other available sources to support the Just Heal, Bro Tour Mental Health Awareness event, in partnership with the Center for Closing the Health Gap, on February 1, 2024; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit any funds donated to the City of Cincinnati for the Just Heal, Bro Tour event into “Special Events” Fund 314 revenue account no. 314x8571. 202400305 Recommend Passage Emergency
15. 13 LEASE AGREEMENTS
16. 4. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/18/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Lease Agreement with Kaiser Properties-Central, LTD., pursuant to which the City will lease for a term of up to thirty years a portion of John Street public right-of-way located north of York Street in the West End neighborhood. 202400213 Recommend Passage
17. 5. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/18/2024, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Lease Agreement with Onflight, Inc. pursuant to which the company will enter into a new lease for the use and occupancy of Lunken Airport Lease Area 12 for up to 33 years. 202400216 Recommend Passage
18. 16 REPORTS
19. 6. REPORT, dated 1/18/2024, submitted Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding the Finance and Budget Monitoring Report for the Period Ending October 31, 2023. 202400215 Approve & File
20. 18 COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA (CRA) AGREEMENTS
21. 7. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/18/2024, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with Price Hill Will, thereby authorizing a fifteen-year tax exemption for 100% of the value of improvements made to real property located at 3104 Warsaw Avenue in the East Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into approximately 5,005 square feet of residential space, consisting of nine residential units, and approximately 1,774 square feet of commercial space, at a total construction cost of approximately $2,536,765. 202400220 Recommend Passage Emergency
22. 8. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 1/18/2024, APPROVING, AND AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Community Reinvestment Area Tax Exemption Agreement with The Beta Nu of Beta Theta Pi Building Company and the State of Ohio, for the use of the University of Cincinnati, thereby authorizing an eight-year tax exemption for 100 percent of the value of improvements made to real property located at 2630 University Court in the CUF neighborhood of Cincinnati, in connection with the remodeling of an existing building into nine residential units as well as meeting, academic, and social space consisting of approximately 12,690 square feet in aggregate, at a total remodeling cots of approximately $5,084,640. 202400221 Held
23. 21 MOTIONS
24. 9. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Harris, Vice Mayor Kearney, and Councilmembers Owens, Albi and Walsh, WE MOVE that Council accept the administration’s recommendations and authorize the transfer of $1,875,000 of the $2,125,000 set aside to implement the Cities for Financial Empowerment “Financial Freedom” blueprint to the appropriate accounts. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202400205 Adopt
25. 23 PRESENTATIONS
26. 10. PRESENTATION, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 1/22/2024, regarding Admissions Tax Proposed CMC Changes. 202400285 Filed
27. 11. PRESENTATION, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, dated 1/22/2024, regarding Streamlining Affordable Housing Approval Process. 202400315 Filed
28. 26 COMMUNICATIONS
29. 12. COMMUNICATION, submitted by Councilmember Harris regarding Administrative CRA Approvals for NOFA and AHLF Projects. 202400304 Filed
30. 28 ADJOURNMENT