Cincinnati City Council

Council Chambers, Room 300

Agenda — 51 items

1. 1 ROLL CALL
2. 1 Council convened at 2:02 P.M., Vice Mayor Jan-Michele Kearney, 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 Anthony Covington.
6. 4 MAYOR AFTAB
7. 5 Human Service Advisory Committee
8. 1. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Kevin Kushman to the Human Service Advisory Committee for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White) 202602844 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
9. 2. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Alesia Smith to the Human Service Advisory Committee for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA) 202602845 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
10. 8 Cincinnati Southern Railway Board of Trustees
11. 3. REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Mark Mallory to the Cincinnati Southern Railway Board of Trustees for a term of five years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/AA) 202602846 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
12. 4. REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Paul Muething to the Cincinnati Southern Railway Board of Trustees for a term of five years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (Male/White) 202602847 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
13. 11 Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority
14. 5. REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Roxanne Qualls to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority for a term of four years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/White) 202602848 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
15. 13 Convention Facilities Authority
16. 6. REAPPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Dari Daniels to the Convention Facilities Authority for a term of four years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA) 202602849 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
17. 15 Board of Housing Appeals
18. 7. APPOINTMENT, submitted by Mayor Aftab Pureval, I hereby appoint Gaibriele Givens to the Board of Housing Appeals for a term of three years. This appointment is submitted to City Council for its advice & consent pursuant to its Rules. (Female/AA) 202602850 Held one week pursuant to rule of council
19. 17 MR. JOHNSON
20. 8. RESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Johnson, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Reverend Dr. Alphonse Allen, Jr. and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Cincinnati for Reverend Dr. Allen’s 40th Pastoral Anniversary, honoring four decades of distinguished pastoral leadership, faith, service, and community impact. 202602852 Passed Pass
21. 9. RESOLUTION, submitted by Councilmember Johnson, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, RECOGNIZING Zion Temple First Pentecostal Church and EXPRESSING the appreciation of the Mayor and Council for 106 years of service and impact in the Greater Cincinnati faith community. 202602856 Passed Pass
22. 20 MR. WALSH
23. 10. ORDINANCE, submitted by Councilmember Walsh, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, ESTABLISHING a Council policy relating to expenditure of payments in lieu of taxes received by the City of Cincinnati from tax increment financing districts established pursuant to Section 5709.40 ( C ) of the Ohio Revised Code (the “TIF Districts”), relating to all payments in lieu of taxes currently in City of Cincinnati accounts and any future amounts received by the City of Cincinnati for TIF Districts 1 and 5-36, each after existing obligations are met and paid from the TIF Districts, with fifty percent of such net revenues being set aside for expenditures in alignment with the eligible uses of the Neighborhood Development Fund and/or the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, and the other fifty percent of such net revenues being set aside for eligible uses proposed in collaboration with community-based organizations; and REPEALING Ordinance Nos. 206-2020 and 301-2020 and any other policies relating to the expenditure of TIF District revenues, including without limitation, those policies adopted by the Administration in response to prior Council requests or actions, with the intent being that the policy adopted pursuant to this ordinance will exclusively control the use of TIF District revenues by the City of Cincinnati. 202602831 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
24. 22 MR. JEFFREYS
25. 23 MS. KEARNEY
26. 24 MR. JOHNSON
27. 25 MR. JAMES
28. 26 MR. NOLAN
29. 11. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, Vice Mayor Kearney and Councilmembers Johnson, James and Nolan, WE MOVE that the administration write an ordinance that codifies the following uses for a Cannabis Revenues Restricted Fund previously approved by City Council with the following percentage allocation: Home Repair Fund 25%, New Home Ownership Fund 20%, Ending Childhood Lead Paint Poisoning 25%, Child Savings Accounts 15%, and Youth to Work 15%. 202602851 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
30. 28 CITY MANAGER
31. 12. REPORT, dated 10/7/2026 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 DMHB, LLC, DBA ETXE, 1395 William Howard Taft Rd. ( #10019472-2, TFOL, D-1 D-2 D-3) [ Objections: Yes] 202602783 Filed
32. 13. REPORT, dated 10/7/2026 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 The Gardens In Walnut Hills, LLC, DBA The Gardens In Walnut Hills, 2800 Woodburn Ave. (#10019079-1, New, D-5J) [ Objections: None] 202602817 Filed
33. 14. REPORT, dated 10/7/2026 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 1900 Race, LLC, DBA Former Cosmic Gorilla, 1834 Race St. ( #10018794-1, TRFO, D-5J) [ Objections: None] 202602821 Filed
34. 15. REPORT, dated 10/7/2026, submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, regarding Special Event Permit Application for Light Up the Square. 202602825 Filed
35. 16. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/7/2026, PROVIDING for the issuance of securities by the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, for the purpose of making recreational facilities improvements in the principal amount determined in accordance with this Ordinance. 202602830 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
36. 17. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/7/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with 530 Walnut LLC, an affiliate of Urban Sites Capital Advisors, LLC (Urban Sites), to facilitate the renovation of an existing building on the real property located at 530 Walnut Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati into a new mixed-use development, including, in aggregate, approximately 63,117 square feet of residential space, consisting of approximately 67 residential rental units, and approximately 3,150 square feet of commercial space; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $2,900,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Downtown/OTR East Equivalent Fund 483 (Downtown/OTR East TIF District) to the Office of Strategic Growth non-personnel operating budget account no. 483x105x7400 to provide resources for the renovation and construction activities associated with the residential component of the project located at 530 Walnut Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati; and further DECLARING expenditures from such project account related to the renovation and construction activities associated with the residential portion of the mixed-use development located at 530 Walnut Street in the Central Business District of Cincinnati to be a public purpose and constitute a “Housing Renovation” (as defined in Ohio Revised Code Section 5709.40(A)(3)) that is located within the District 4-Downtown/OTR East 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>). <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business%3e).> 202602833 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
37. 18. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/7/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to execute a Funding Agreement with Clifton Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation to facilitate acquisition and demolition on real property located at 2260 Vine Street in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati; AUTHORIZING the transfer and appropriation of $310,000 from the unappropriated surplus of Mount Auburn Equivalent Fund 524 (Mount Auburn TIF District) to the Office of Strategic Growth non-personnel operating budget account no. 524x105x7400 to provide resources for the acquisition of real property located at 2260 Vine Street in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati and demolition associated with the real property; and further DECLARING expenditures from such project account related to the acquisition of real property located at 2260 Vine Street in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati and demolition 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 24-Mount Auburn 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>) <https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/law/ethics/city-business%3e).> 202602835 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
38. 19. ORDINANCE submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/7/2026, ACCEPTING AND CONFIRMING the dedication to public use of an approximately 0.016-acre tract of real property as a portion of Reading Road, a public right-of-way for street purposes, in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati. 202602836 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
39. 20. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/7/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to take all necessary and proper actions to cooperate with the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation to facilitate the performance of various construction and bridge maintenance activities for the intersection of United States Route 42 and Interstate 71 ramps and Elsinore Place and for bridges over Interstate 71, in connection with the Ohio Department of Transportation’s project in the City of Cincinnati. 202602837 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
40. 21. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/7/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept a technical assistance award of up to sixty hours valued at up to $15,000 from ICLEI - Local Government for Sustainability USA (ALN 66.957) to support predevelopment work on clean energy and energy efficiency projects. 202602838 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
41. 22. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/7/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept and appropriate additional grant resources of up to $23,240.20 from the Highway Safety Improvement Program Abbreviated Safety Fund Grant awarded by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), to existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252365, “UC Area Pedestrian Safety Grant PID 121859,” to implement pedestrian safety and street calming measures at various locations around the University of Cincinnati campus; and AUTHORIZING the Director of Finance to deposit the additional grant resources into existing capital improvement program project account no. 980x232x252365, “UC Area Pedestrian Safety Grant PID 121859.” 202602839 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
42. 23. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/7/2026, AUTHORIZING the payment of $12.54 to Business Information Solutions, Inc., dba Access Company (“Contractor”), from Internal Audit General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x109x0000x7299 as a moral obligation for outstanding charges related to document storage services received in March 2023; and AUTHORIZING the payment of $4.93 to Contractor from Internal Audit General Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 050x109x0000x7299, pursuant to the attached then and now certificate from the Director of Finance, for outstanding charges related to document storage services received in April 2026. 202602840 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
43. 24. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/7/2026, AUTHORIZING the City Manager to accept an in-kind donation of third-party professional services from FC Cincinnati valued at up to $178,293 for the renovation of the mini-pitch soccer facility at Lincoln Recreation Center. 202602841 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
44. 25. ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY) submitted by Sheryl M. M. Long, City Manager, on 10/7/2026, AUTHORIZING the payment of $9,886.80 to A & S Play Zone LLC dba A & S Party Rental from Special Events Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 314x101x0000x7299 as a moral obligation for event equipment rentals in support of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Unveiling and Community Celebration held on August 22, 2026 (the “MLK Memorial Celebration”); AUTHORIZING the payment of $5,395.60 to Magnetic Marketing Solutions, LLC, dba Decal Impressions, from Special Events Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 314x101x0000x7232 as a moral obligation for printing services in support of the MLK Memorial Celebration; and AUTHORIZING the payment of $5,000.00 to Easley Blessed Photography LLC from Special Events Fund non-personnel operating budget account no. 314x101x0000x7299 as a moral obligation for photography services in support of the MLK Memorial Celebration. 202602842 Referred to Budget, Finance & Governance Committee
45. 43 SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS
46. 44 PUBLIC SAFETY & QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE
47. 26. MOTION, submitted by Vice Mayor Kearney, WE MOVE that the City Administration prepare a report within four (4) months on concerns surrounding Item #202602543, the proposed amendment to the Chronic Nuisance Ordinance. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED) 202602655 Adopted Pass
48. 46 YOUTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
49. 27. MOTION, submitted by Councilmember Albi, Vice Mayor Kearney and Councilmember Owens, WE MOVE that the Administration provide a report to the Cincinnati City Council, within ninety (90) days, identifying which department buildings and facilities currently provide free period products to the public and employees, condition of dispensers in City-operated and maintained properties, and status of funding for supplies. (BALANCE ON FILE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE) (STATEMENT ATTACHED). 202602814 Adopted Pass
50. 48 No announcements at this time.
51. 49 Council adjourned at 2:23 P.M.

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